zat alir
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of zat (“substance”) + alir (“flow”), calque from Chinese 流體/流体 (literally “to flow + body”). Compare to Malay bendalir.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editzat alir (plural zat-zat alir, first-person possessive zat alirku, second-person possessive zat alirmu, third-person possessive zat alirnya)
- (physics) fluid: 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.
Further reading
edit- “zat alir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.