Pronunciations (8)
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/ˈfluːɪd/
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/ˈflʉwɪd/
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- Southern
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/ˈflu.ɪd/
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/ˈflʉːɪd/
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- Australia
- New-Zealand
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/ˈflʉ.ɪd/
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- Northern-Ireland
- Scotland
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/ˈflɪu̯.ɪd/
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- Wales
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/ˈfljuːɪd/
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- obsolete
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ˈfluːɪd
Noun
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.
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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.
A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
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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.
The Doctor: Get a good night's sleep and drink plenty of fluids. / Kes: Fluids? / The Doctor: Everybody should drink plenty of fluids.
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For studying interfaces between solid and another solid, fluid, or gas, a sample can be oriented with its reflecting surface(s) vertical (and with the scattering plane, as defined by nominal incident and reflected wavevectors, horizontal).
Tenderness: is the lump tender? Composition: is the mass solid, fluid or gas?
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The choke manifold then expels the fluid or gas to the gas buster or a panic line. The panic line will then either send the fluid or gas to the reserve pit or a flare stack or flare tank.
Intravenous fluids.
Usage- Colloquial
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Adjective
Of or relating to fluid.
Usage- not-comparable
In a state of flux; subject to change.
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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.
Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
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Tom of the fluid pelvis, undulating about the living room in defiance of Michael's taboo on sensuality.
Convertible into cash.
Usage- of an asset
Genderfluid.
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Oh, Loki made sure of that. My mortal parents blamed him for the way I was, for being fluid.
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As do renewals in genres such as romcoms and teen movies, which have updated sexist, heteronormative tropes to reflect audiences’ fluid, inclusive, queer realities.
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subject to change; variable
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a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty
everything was unstable following the coup
characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape
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smooth and unconstrained in movement
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a long, smooth stride
the fluid motion of a cat
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the liquid grace of a ballerina
in cash or easily convertible to cash
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liquid (or fluid) assets
affording change (especially in social status)
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Britain is not a truly fluid society
upwardly mobile
Noun
a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure
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continuous amorphous matter that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas
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