Silicone vs Fluid - What's the difference?
silicone | fluid |
(chemistry) Any of a class of inert, semi-inorganic polymeric compounds (polysiloxanes), that have a wide range of thermal stability and extreme water repellence, used in a very wide range of industrial applications, and in prosthetic replacements for body parts
(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.
As nouns the difference between silicone and fluid
is that silicone is while fluid is fluid.silicone
English
(wikipedia silicone)Noun
Derived terms
* siliconed * silicone grease * siliconing * silicone rubberAnagrams
* ----fluid
English
Noun
(wikipedia fluid)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 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.}}