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Fluid
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- 1 Of or relating to fluid. not-comparable
- 2 In a state of flux; subject to change.
"Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month."
- 3 Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
"Tom of the fluid pelvis, undulating about the living room in defiance of Michael's taboo on sensuality."
- 4 Convertible into cash.
- 5 Genderfluid. rare
"Oh, Loki made sure of that. My mortal parents blamed him for the way I was, for being fluid."
- 1 subject to change; variable wordnet
- 2 affording change (especially in social status) wordnet
- 3 in cash or easily convertible to cash wordnet
- 4 smooth and unconstrained in movement wordnet
- 5 characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape wordnet
- 1 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. countable, uncountable
"An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes."
- 2 continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas wordnet
- 3 A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas). countable, uncountable
"fluid inclusion Petrology, a tiny fluid- or gas-filled cavity in an igneous rock. 1-100 micrometers in diameter, formed by the entrapment of a fluid, typically that from which the rock crystallized."
- 4 a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure wordnet
- 5 Intravenous fluids. colloquial, countable, specifically, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin fluō (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”). Akin to Ancient Greek φλύειν (phlúein, “to swell; overflow”). Not related to English flow, which is a native, inherited word from *plew-, but is distantly related from English bleat.
From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin fluō (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”). Akin to Ancient Greek φλύειν (phlúein, “to swell; overflow”). Not related to English flow, which is a native, inherited word from *plew-, but is distantly related from English bleat.
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