fluid
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fluid/ˈfluːɪd/
▶noun a substance that has no fixed shape and yields easily to external pressure; a gas or (especially) a liquid. ▶adjective
- 1 able to flow easily.
- 2 not settled or stable.
- 3 smoothly elegant or graceful.
- 4 (of a clutch or coupling) using a liquid to transmit power.
– derivatives
fluidity noun,
fluidly adverb.
fluidity noun,
fluidly adverb.
– origin ME (as adj.): from Fr. fluide or L. fluidus, from fluere ‘to flow’.
'fluid' also found in these Oxford entries:
advection
- alphafetoprotein
- ammonia
- amniocentesis
- amniotic fluid
- amylase
- apothecaries' measure
- aqueduct
- aqueous humour
- Archimedes' principle
- aschelminth
- ascites
- aspirate
- aspirator
- baffle
- Bartholin's gland
- bile
- bleb
- bleed
- blister
- bloat
- bloated
- blood–brain barrier
- borborygmus
- boundary layer
- break
- Brownian motion
- bulla
- bursa
- caloric
- cannula
- catheter
- cerebrospinal fluid
- choroid plexus
- chyle
- chyme
- coagulate
- conduction
- conduit
- convection
- coolant
- correction fluid
- Cowper's gland
- cyst
- derive
- downwelling
- drachm
- drag
- drip
- drip feed
