liquid
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noun- 1.
(countable, physical, uncountable)(physical chemistry) 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.
A liquid can freeze to become a solid or evaporate into a gas.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)(phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r.
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adjective- 1.
(physical)(physical chemistry) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
liquid nitrogen
- 2.
(finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
- 3.
(finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.
- 4.
Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
a liquid melody
- 5.
(phonology) Belonging to a class of consonants comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly.
/l/ and /r/ are liquid consonants.
- 6.
Fluid and transparent.
the liquid air
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itc-pro ine-pro From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (fluid, liquid, moist), from liqueō (to be liquid, be fluid). liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρός (ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον)).