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

Related forms
non·flu·id·i·ty, noun
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fluidity (fluːˈɪdɪtɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  the state of being fluid
2.  physics the reciprocal of viscosity

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Word Origin & History

fluidity
c.1600, from Fr. fluidité, from fluide (see fluid)
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Example sentences
People are less rooted, but that means there is more fluidity in labor mobility.
The book circles and broods, transferring meanings between landscape and people
  with a fluidity that almost dissolves boundaries.
Nothing is more characteristic of that life than its extreme fluidity.
As of now, there still appears to be some fluidity in the batting order.
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