fluidity
nounUK /fluːˈɪd.ə.ti/ · CA, US /fluˈɪd.ə.ti/
Etymology Borrowed from French fluidité.
1
The state of being fluid rather than viscous
2
A measure of the extent to which something is fluid. The reciprocal of its viscosity.
3
The quality of being fluid or free-flowing
- 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.1944 November and December, Lord Monkswell, “The French Four-Cylinder Compound Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 326:
- 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.2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
- Antonyms
- viscosity
- Derived terms
- ferrofluidity, gender fluidity, genderfluidity, hyperfluidity, microfluidity, semifluidity, superfluidity