fluidity

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from French fluidité.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fluːˈɪd.ə.ti/, /fluːˈɪd.ɪ.ti/
    • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /fluˈɪd.ə.ti/, [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
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    • (Australia) IPA(key): /flʉːˈɪd.ə.ti/, [flʉːˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [flʉːˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
    • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /flʉːˈəd.ə.ti/, [flʉːˈəɾ.ə.ti], [flʉːˈəɾ.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], archived from the original on 12 December 2015:
        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.

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