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FLUIDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A changeable quality
Example:
demographers try to predict social fluidity
Synonyms:
fluidity; fluidness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fluidness" is a kind of...):
changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)
Derivation:
fluid (subject to change; variable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of flowing easily
Example:
they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer
Synonyms:
fluidity; fluidness; liquidity; liquidness; runniness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fluidness" is a kind of...):
thinness (a consistency of low viscosity)
Derivation:
fluid (characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape)
