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fluidity

[floo-id-i-tee] Origin

flu·id·i·ty

[floo-id-i-tee]
noun
1.
the quality or state of being fluid.
2.
Physics.
a.
the ability of a substance to flow.
b.
a measure of this ability, the reciprocal of the coefficient of viscosity. Compare rhe.

Origin:
1595–1605; fluid + -ity

non·flu·id·i·ty, noun
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fluidity (fluːˈɪdɪtɪ)
 
n
1.  the state of being fluid
2.  physics the reciprocal of viscosity

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fluidity
c.1600, from Fr. fluidité, from fluide (see fluid)
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