fluidity
[floo-id-i-tee]
noun
the quality or state of being fluid.
Physics.
- the ability of a substance to flow.
- a measure of this ability, the reciprocal of the coefficient of viscosity.Compare rhe.
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fluidity
noun
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fluidity
c.1600, from French fluidité, from fluide (see fluid (adj.)), or else formed in English from fluid.
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