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The definition of fluid is a person, thing or situation that moves or changes easily.
1. An example of fluid is a ballet dancer with flowing movements, called fluid movements.
2. An example of fluid is the cuttlefish's ability to change its' skin color depending on their background, called a fluid color change.

noun

Fluid is defined as anything that can flow such as a liquid or gas.
An example of a fluid is water.

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fluid

that can flow; not solid; able to move and change shape without separating when under pressure
of a fluid or fluids
like a fluid; that can change rapidly or easily; not settled or fixed: fluid plans
marked by or using graceful movements
available for investment: fluid capital
available as cash: fluid assets

Origin of fluid

Middle English from Classical Latin fluidus from fluere, to flow: see fluctuate

any substance that can flow; a gas or, esp., a liquid
a liquid in the body

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fluid

noun

A continuous, amorphous substance whose molecules move freely past one another and that has the tendency to assume the shape of its container; a liquid or gas.

adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a fluid.
Readily reshaped; pliable.
Smooth and flowing; graceful: the fluid motion of a cat.
a. Changing or tending to change; variable: a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty.
b. Characterized by or allowing social mobility: a fluid society.
Convertible into cash: fluid assets.

Origin of fluid

From Middle English flowing from Old French fluide from Latin fluidus from fluere to flow ; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

flu·id′i·ty flu′id·ness
noun

flu′id·ly
adverb

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A state of matter, such as liquid or gas, in which the component particles (generally molecules) can move past one another. Fluids flow easily and conform to the shape of their containers.

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