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liq·uid    Audio Help   (lĭk'wĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The state of matter in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow, little or no tendency to disperse, and relatively high incompressibility.
    2. Matter or a specific body of matter in this state.
  1. Linguistics A consonant articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel, such as English l and r.

adj.  
  1. Of or being a liquid.
  2. Having been liquefied, especially:
    1. Melted by heating: liquid wax.
    2. Condensed by cooling: liquid oxygen.
  3. Flowing readily; fluid: added milk to make the batter more liquid.
  4. Having a flowing quality without harshness or abrupt breaks: liquid prose; the liquid movements of a Balinese dancer.
  5. Linguistics Articulated without friction and capable of being prolonged like a vowel.
  6. Clear and shining: the liquid brown eyes of a spaniel.
  7. Readily convertible into cash: liquid assets.


[From Middle English, of a liquid, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus, from liquēre, to be liquid.]

liq'uid·ly adv., liq'uid·ness n.
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liquid    Audio Help   (lĭk'wĭd)  Pronunciation Key 
One of four main states of matter, composed of molecules that can move about in a substance but are bound loosely together by intramolecular forces. Unlike a solid, a liquid has no fixed shape, but instead has a characteristic readiness to flow and therefore takes on the shape of any container. Because pressure transmitted at one point is passed on to other points, a liquid usually has a volume that remains constant or changes only slightly under pressure, unlike a gas.

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