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Fluid vs Antiflow - What's the difference?

fluid | antiflow |

As nouns the difference between fluid and antiflow

is that fluid is fluid while antiflow is (psychology) a mental state of boredom and lack of challenge, associated with performing activities one does not want to do.

As an adjective antiflow is

that prevents the unwanted flow of a fluid.

fluid

English

Noun

(wikipedia fluid)
  • (physics) Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=Frank Fish, George Lauder , title=Not Just Going with the Flow , volume=101, issue=2, page=114 , magazine= citation , passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid , which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}

    Derived terms

    * amber fluid * brake fluid * fluid mechanics

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
  • In a state of flux; subject to change.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Boundary problems , passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
  • Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
  • (of an asset) Convertible into cash.

    • Related terms

    * fluctuate * fluency * fluent * flux

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    antiflow

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (psychology) A mental state of boredom and lack of challenge, associated with performing activities one does not want to do.
  • * 1992 , Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihályi, Optimal experience: psychological studies of flow in consciousness (page 135)
    • A second source of antiflow for the blue-collar workers was the type of interaction they had with supervisors.
  • (physics)
  • * 2001 , Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus collisions: proceedings of the conference (page 148)
    • Antiflow of pions can be explained by the shadowing effect.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That prevents the unwanted flow of a fluid