fluidity

English

Etymology

From French fluidité.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fluːˈɪd.ə.ti/, /fluːˈɪd.ɪ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fluˈɪd.ə.ti/, [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /flʉːˈɪd.ə.ti/, [fluːˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [fluːˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɪdəti

Noun

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.

Antonyms

• viscosity

Derived terms

• ferrofluidity
• gender fluidity
• genderfluidity
• hyperfluidity
• microfluidity
• semifluidity
• superfluidity

 

Translations

the state of being fluid rather than viscous

• Bulgarian: течливост f (tečlivost)
• Catalan: fluïdesa (ca) f
• Georgian: დენადობა (denadoba)
• Hebrew: זורמיות f (zormiyút)
• Irish: silteacht f
• Korean: 유동성 (ko) (yudongseong), 유체성 (yucheseong)
• Manx: sheeltaght f, ushlaght f
• Portuguese: fluidez (pt) f
• Russian: теку́честь (ru) f (tekúčestʹ)
• Spanish: fluidez (es) f

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