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fluidity

[ floo-id-i-tee ]

/ fluˈɪd ɪ ti /

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noun

the quality or state of being fluid.

Physics.

the ability of a substance to flow.
a measure of this ability, the reciprocal of the coefficient of viscosity.Compare rhe.

Origin of fluidity

First recorded in 1595–1605; fluid + -ity

OTHER WORDS FROM fluidity

non·flu·id·i·ty, noun

Words nearby fluidity

fluid mosaic model, fluid ounce, fluid pressure, fluidextract, fluidics, fluidity, fluidize, fluidized bed, fluidrachm, fluke, flukey

Example sentences from the Web for fluidity

She continued: “It also raises the issue of choice, and it also raises the issue of fluidity.”

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The Noah-like rain is an opportunity for Carey to examine the fluidity of human feelings.

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Its fluidity is a strength, because it is so complex and multi-layered.

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Consuelo Castiglioni channeled “a new sense of ease and fluidity” at Marni, with muted robes layered over skin-colored silks.

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The principle that fluidity is fundamental to social change is also true, however, of the community.

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Its taste is bitter and aromatic, which it imparts to the otto as well as its fluidity.

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These motor boys and girls have what I may characterize as fluidity of the attention.

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With obliterating unconcern, she reduced them to the fluidity of the inchoate.

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The fluidity of glass at a high temperature renders possible the processes of ladelling, pouring, casting and stirring.

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British Dictionary definitions for fluidity

fluidity

/ (fluːˈɪdɪtɪ) /

noun

the state of being fluid

physics the reciprocal of viscosity