liquid
IPA: ɫˈɪkwʌd
noun
- 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.
- (phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
adjective
- 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.
- (phonology) Belonging to a class of consonants comprised of the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
- Fluid and transparent.
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Examples of "liquid" in Sentences
- The paradox here is that we are using the term liquid and crystal together.
- A THIN BATTER is one in which the general proportion of liquid and flour is _1 measure of flour_ to _1 measure of liquid_.
- In the industry we use the term liquid music or wallpaper, which means that music, will exist everywhere but not be noticed.
- Like banks, they carry the risk that an otherwise solvent but liquid institution may be subject to a selffulfilling and destructive run on its liquid liabilities.
- Like banks, they carry the risk that an otherwise solvent but liquid institution may be subject to a self-fulfilling and destructive run on its liquid liabilities.
- And confusion arose when – in the absence of additional explanation, and in the presence of some editing changes – the term liquid oxygen was also used interchangeably with hydrogen peroxide.
- Usually when a liquid is cooled to below its melting point, crystals form and it solidifies; but sometimes it can become supercooled and remain liquid below its melting point because there are no nucleation sites to initiate the crystallisation.
- Efforts to end the release of more highly radioactive water at the Fukushima Daiichi plant finally met with some success Tuesday, Tepco said, as the injection of what it called "liquid glass" gel around a damaged pipe managed to reduce the toxic flow by half.
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