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flu·id

(flo͞o′ĭd)

A continuous, amorphous substance whose molecules move freely past one another and that has the tendency to assume the shape of its container; a liquid or gas.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid.

2. Readily reshaped; pliable.

3. Smooth and flowing; graceful: the fluid motion of a cat.

a. Changing or tending to change; variable: a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty.

b. Characterized by or allowing social mobility: a fluid society.

5. Convertible into cash: fluid assets.

[From Middle English, flowing, from Old French fluide, from Latin fluidus, from fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]

flu·id′i·ty (-ĭd′ĭ-tē), flu′id·ness n.

flu′id·ly adv.

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Noun	1.	fluidness - the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer" fluidity, runniness, liquidity, liquidness thinness - a consistency of low viscosity; "he disliked the thinness of the soup"
	2.	fluidness - a changeable quality; "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner"; "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague"; "demographers try to predict social fluidity" fluidity changeability, changeableness - the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change; "the changeableness of the weather"

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liquidità

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