fluidity - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Antonyms
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
    * 1.3.3 Translations

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Borrowed from French fluidité.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fluːˈɪd.ə.ti/, /fluːˈɪd.ɪ.ti/
• (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /fluˈɪd.ə.ti/, [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA(key): /flʉːˈɪd.ə.ti/, [flʉːˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [flʉːˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
• (New Zealand) IPA(key): /flʉːˈəd.ə.ti/, [flʉːˈəɾ.ə.ti], [flʉːˈəɾ.ə.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɪdəti

fluidity (countable and uncountable, plural fluidities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being fluid rather than viscous
2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is fluid. The reciprocal of its viscosity.
3. The quality of being fluid or free-flowing
   • 1944 November and December, Lord Monkswell, “The French Four-Cylinder Compound Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 326:
     In addition to all this, the fluidity of the steam itself was much increased by high superheat, usually achieved by means of the Houlet superheater.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
     Either side of Rooney's fluffed chance, it was a tale of Ukrainian domination as they attacked England down both flanks and showed the greater fluidity of the teams.

• viscosity

• ferrofluidity

• gender fluidity

• genderfluidity

• hyperfluidity

• microfluidity

• semifluidity

• superfluidity

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