semi-liquid
adj› Alternative form of semiliquid.
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Viscous.
- Labor-economic considerations have often necessitated transition from solid/ liquid-manure management to semi-liquid-manure management.1982, Arnold Finck, Fertilizers and Fertilization, page 157:
- More and more foods are being developed that would be classed by the consumer as being semi-solid or semi-liquid.2003, B M McKenna, Texture in Food: Semi-Solid Foods, page xv:
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- These characteristic surfaces were in fact incidental to the solution of the basic problem, which was essentially: how to pour semi-liquid concrete into formwork as a continuous operation without sacrificing the compactness and consistency essential to structural stability.2004, Peter Collins, Kenneth Frampton, Réjean Legault, Concrete: The Vision of a New Architecture, page 344:
- The deeper layers of Antirumgon's interior are semi-liquid slush, due to the presence of methanol. It is thought that bacterium^([sic – meaning bacteria]) in the deep core create this natural anti-freeze. Some species of Terminus pirate drill through the ice crust to recover this natural alcohol.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Antirumgon, Gagarin System, Armstrong Nebula:
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Able to flow but not completely freely.
- According to Keynes, the classical approach to the transactions demand for money was incomplete because it ignored the possibility of the people choosing to hold money as an asset instead of holding other liquid or semi-liquid assets, particularly bonds, when their prices are expected to fall.2004, R. Jayaprakash Reddy, Advanced Monitory Theory & Policies, page 65:
- We classify other types of loans as semi-liquid assets, including consumer loans, loans to the government, and interbank loans.2015, Zuzana Fungacova, Rima Turk, Laurent Weill, High Liquidity Creation and Bank Failures, page 10:
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- A semi-liquid layout uses two special attributes, namely, min-width and max-width. We will now amend the style sheet so that our four HTML pages have a semi-liquid layout.2016, Adrian W. West, Practical Web Design for Absolute Beginners, page 81: