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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the property of flowing easily;
- Example: "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"
- Example: "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer"
[syn: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness]

2. a changeable quality;
- Example: "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner"
- Example: "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague"
- Example: "demographers try to predict social fluidity"
[syn: fluidity, fluidness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fluidity \Flu*id"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. fluidit['e].] The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, a["e]riform, or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity. [1913 Webster] It was this want of organization, this looseness and fluidity of the new movement, that made it penetrate through every class of society. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fluidity n 1: the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer" [syn: fluidity, fluidness, liquidity, liquidness, runniness] 2: a changeable quality; "a charming Oriental fluidity of manner"; "a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague"; "demographers try to predict social fluidity" [syn: fluidity, fluidness]