Crossword clues for fluidity
fluidity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fluidity \Flu*id"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. fluidit['e].] The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, a["e]riform, or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity.
It was this want of organization, this looseness and
fluidity of the new movement, that made it penetrate
through every class of society.
--J. R. Green.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from French fluidité, from fluide (see fluid (adj.)), or else formed in English from fluid.\n
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being fluid rather than viscous 2 (context countable English) A measure of the extent to which something is fluid. The reciprocal of its viscosity. 3 The quality of being fluid or free-flowing
WordNet
n. the property of flowing easily [syn: fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness]
Wikipedia
Fluidity may refer to
In science
- Reciprocal of viscosity
- Cognitive fluidity
- Fluid intelligence
- Membrane fluidity
- Sexual fluidity
- Fluidity of metals
Other
- Fluidity (video game)
Fluidity, known as Hydroventure in Europe and Oceania, is a physics puzzle game developed by Curve Studios and published by Nintendo exclusively for WiiWare on the Wii video game console. The game focuses on controlling a small body of water that is utilized in its different states of matter to progress through the game's levels.
Fluidity was released in North America on December 6, 2010 and in Europe on December 24, 2010, priced at 1200 Wii Points, which is the equivalent of $12. A sequel, Fluidity: Spin Cycle, was released for the Nintendo 3DS eShop in December 2012.
Usage examples of "fluidity".
Thus, the real dissimilarity between the emergent status of fluidity in water and the emergent status of consciousness from the brain is that the former is a low-level, or primitive, emergence, while the latter is a high-level, or complex, emergence.
The Pisces returned each with a similar gesture, adding to the sharp bow a fluidity that stopped the heart with its beauty.
Pisces greeting with a fluidity that made Dean Walker flip his gills with appreciation.
With a gymnastic fluidity, she pulled herself up off her feet and swung her body towards the yellow surface.
The words emerged with surprising fluidity, as if some stiff part of her mind had suddenly been tuned and lubricated.
At the twentieth repetition, he winced slightly, but by the thirtieth exercise, he seemed to move his knee with more fluidity and less stiffness.
Still fascinated by the fluidity of his movements, of his insolence, of his magnificent body, she stared at him, unable to look away.
With a fluidity that belied her appearance, Buddy dropped into a perfect lotus beside the deck, then turned to stare up at me, waiting.
Her hair was long and blond, There was a fluidity to her walk, a lyricism -to her talk.
He led with fluidity and grace, and she--independent soul though she was--followed his lead.
A small smile played about her lovely mouth as she meditated on the paradox that at one and the same time she could crave the fluidity of her Virtu home locus, a place where she could sprout angel wings from her shoulders and fly, or dive beneath the sea, as finny-tailed as the best mermaid, and yet find herself seeking cold or heat or hunger or any physical sensation strong enough to chase away the terrible fear that she was still dead.
Sal Alkali and add as much warm water as will bring it to a due fluidity and a gold brown color for writing with a pen.
Investigations in many instances of the writings indicate the exercise of a more rapid pen movement and a consequent employment of inks of greater fluidity than those of an earlier history.
Such fluidity could only be obtained by a reduction of the quantity of gummy vehicles together with an increase of ink acidity.
The objections are, that to obtain the fluidity body must be sacrificed, and there is not enough substance deposited upon the paper.