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flu⋅id⋅i⋅ty

  [floo-id-i-tee]
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–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
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flu·id   (flōō'ĭd)   
n.  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.
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid.

  2. Readily reshaped; pliable.

  3. Smooth and flowing; graceful: the fluid motion of a cat.

    1. Changing or tending to change; variable: a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty.

    2. Characterized by or allowing social mobility: a fluid society.

  5. Convertible into cash: fluid assets.


[From Middle English, flowing, from Old French fluide, from Latin fluidus, from fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
flu·id'i·ty (-ĭd'ĭ-tē), flu'id·ness n., flu'id·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: flu·id·i·ty
Pronunciation: flü-'id-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : the quality or state of being fluid
2 a : the physical property of a substance that enables it to flow b : the reciprocal of viscosity
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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