Fluid

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  • noun. A continuous, amorphous substance whose molecules move freely past one another and that has the tendency to assume the shape of its container; a liquid or gas.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid.
  • adjective. Readily reshaped; pliable.
  • adjective. Smooth and flowing; graceful.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Changing or tending to change; variable.
  • adjective. Characterized by or allowing social mobility.
  • adjective. Convertible into cash.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous; consisting of a substance incapable of resisting forces (tangential stresses) tending to change its shape.
  • Not fixed or rigid; flowing; shifting; fluent.
  • noun. A substance which flows or is capable of flowing; a substance which is incapable of resisting forces (tangential stresses) tending to change its shape without altering its size.
  • noun. Some hypothetical supersensible substance conceived as analogous to known fluids. See fluidism.
  • noun. See the adjectives.
  • noun. See the adjectives.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.
  • noun. a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains.
  • noun. The circulating blood and lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle serum are the more important fluids of the body. The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water.
  • noun. See under Burning, Elastic, etc.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. undefined
  • adjective. Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma
  • adjective. Of, or relating to fluid.
  • adjective. In a state of flux; subject to change.
  • adjective. Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
  • adjective. Convertible into cash.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. in cash or easily convertible to cash
  • noun. a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
  • noun. continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
  • adjective. subject to change; variable
  • adjective. affording change (especially in social status)
  • adjective. characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
  • adjective. smooth and unconstrained in movement
  • Word Usage
    "Around each joint has grown up a strong sheath of tough, fibrous tissue to hold the bones together; and, inside this, between the heads of the bones, is a very delicate little bag, or pouch, containing a few drops of smooth, slippery fluid (_synovial fluid_) to lubricate the movements of the joint."
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