liquid has definitions from the fields of linguistics,phonetics,chemistry
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[ adjective ] existing as or have characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow

Examples

"water and milk and blood are liquid substances"

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

These waves have shown that 1800 miles below the surface a liquid core begins , and that it , in_turn , has a solid inner core .

(1961 Research Highlights of the National Bureau of...)

When values of temperature derived with this instrument were compared with the accepted values associated with liquid helium 4 vapor_pressures , differences of about 10 and 7 millidegrees respectively were found .

Carbon resistors and impurity doped germanium resistors have been investigated for use as precision secondary thermometers in the liquid helium temperature region .

Several germanium resistors have been thermally cycled from 300 to 4.2 * * f and their resistances have been found to be reproducible within 1 3 millidegree when temperatures were derived from a vapor_pressure thermometer whose tubing is jacketed through most_of the liquid helium .

The reproducibilities of helium vapor-pressure thermometers have been investigated in conjunction with a `` constant temperature '' liquid helium bath from 4.2 to 1.8 * * f .

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[ noun ] a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure

Used in print

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

Miscellaneous soils , which primarily include sticky substances and colorless liquids which evaporate to leave a residue .

In_addition , dirt particles can be held onto a soiled surface by sticky substances or by the surface_tension of liquids , including liquid greases .

In most cases , these soils are taken_up as liquids through capillary_action .

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

It should be possible to prepare very pure chlorine by oxidation of inorganic chlorides on a vacuum system followed by multiple distillation of the liquid .

The photochemical_reaction cells consisted_of 10 mm. i.d. Pyrex tubing , 5.5 cm. long , diffraction effects being minimized by the fact that the light passed_through only liquid glass interfaces and not gas glass interfaces .

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[ noun ] (chemistry) the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility

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(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

The photochemical_exchange occurs with a quantum yield of the order of unity in the liquid phase at 65 ` using light absorbed only by the * * f .

It would appear that it should be possible to determine unique mechanisms for the thermal and photochemical_reactions in both the liquid and gas phases and to determine values for activation_energies of some of the intermediate reactions of atoms and free_radicals , as_well_as information on the heat_of_dissociation of the carbon halogen bond .

The samples for liquid phase thermal reaction studies were prepared in Pyrex capillary_tubing 2.5 mm. i.d. and about 15 cm. long .

In the liquid phase runs the amount of carbon_tetrachloride in each reaction tube was determined by weighing the tube before opening and weighing the fragments after emptying .

The liquid phase photochemical_exchange between chlorine and carbon_tetrachloride was more reproducible than the thermal exchange , although still erratic .

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state_of_matter liquefy

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[ noun ] a substance in the fluid state of matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

The contents of the manifold for liquid phase experiments were then mixed by shaking , redistributed to the reaction tubes , frozen_down , and each tube was then sealed_off .

In studying the liquid phase thermal reaction , some 70 tubes from 12 different manifold fillings were prepared and analyzed .

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[ adjective ] clear and bright

Synonyms

limpid

Examples

"the liquid air of a spring morning" "eyes shining with a liquid luster" "limpid blue eyes"

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clear

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[ adjective ] filled or brimming with tears

Synonyms

watery swimming

Examples

"swimming eyes" "watery eyes" "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid"

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tearful

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[ adjective ] smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness

Examples

"the liquid song of a robin"

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musical

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[ adjective ] changed from a solid to a liquid state

Synonyms

liquified melted

Examples

"rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow"

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[ adjective ] yielding; lacking any hint of hardness

Examples

"the liquid stillness of the night enveloping him" "the liquid brown eyes of a spaniel"

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soft

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[ adjective ] smooth and unconstrained in movement

Examples

"a long, smooth stride" "the fluid motion of a cat" "the liquid grace of a ballerina" "liquid prose"

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graceful

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[ adjective ] in cash or easily convertible to cash

Synonyms

fluid

Examples

"liquid (or fluid) assets"

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disposable

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[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially `l' and `r')

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continuant_consonant

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