Liquid vs False - What's the difference?
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(physics) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
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Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
(finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
(finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth.
Fluid and transparent.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As adjectives the difference between liquid and false
is that liquid is liquid while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun liquid
is liquid.liquid
English
(wikipedia liquid)Noun
Yesterday’s fuel, passage=The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.
Usage notes
The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiment having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extent. See fluid.Coordinate terms
* solid * gasSee also
* fluidAdjective
(en adjective)- liquid nitrogen
- a liquid melody
- L and R are liquid letters.
- the liquid air
Antonyms
* (flowing freely) solid; gaseous * (easily sold) illiquid * (having sufficient activity) illiquidExternal links
* * English refractory feminine rhymesfalse
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Adjective
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