What is the difference between liquid and fluid?
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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.
(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.
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(not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
In a state of flux; subject to change.
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, title= Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
(of an asset) Convertible into cash.
Fluid is a hypernym of liquid.
In physics terms the difference between liquid and fluid
is that liquid is 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 while fluid is 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.liquid
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(wikipedia liquid)Noun
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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 rhymesfluid
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Derived terms
* amber fluid * brake fluid * fluid mechanicsAdjective
(en adjective)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.}}