liquid

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English liquide, from Old French liquide, from Latin liquidus (“fluid, liquid, moist”), from liqueō (“to be liquid, be fluid”). Doublet of liquidus. As a term for a consonant, it comes from Latin liquida (cōnsōnāns), a calque of Ancient Greek ὑγρὸν (σύμφωνον) (hugròn (súmphōnon), “liquid consonant”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɪk.wɪd/, [ˈlɪk.wɪd] Rhymes: -ɪkwɪd Hyphenation: liq‧uid === Noun === liquid (countable and uncountable, plural liquids) (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. Hyponyms: ideal liquid, non-ideal liquid Coordinate terms: solid, gas (phonetics) Any of a class of consonant sounds that includes l and r. Hypernyms: approximant, consonant Coordinate term: glide ==== Usage notes ==== The differentiation of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, experiments having shown that liquids are compressible to a very limited extent. See fluid. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== fluid === Adjective === liquid (comparative more liquid, superlative most liquid) (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. (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 comprising the laterals and the rhotics, which in many languages behave similarly. Fluid and transparent. ==== Synonyms ==== (flowing freely like water): flowy, fluxive; see also Thesaurus:runny ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “flowing freely”): solid; gaseous (antonym(s) of “easily sold”): illiquid (antonym(s) of “having sufficient activity”): illiquid ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “liquid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “liquid”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. liquid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Middle English == === Adjective === liquid alternative form of liquide == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin liquidus. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === liquid m (feminine singular liquida, masculine plural liquids, feminine plural liquidas) liquid ==== Derived terms ==== liquidar === Noun === liquid m (plural liquids) liquid === Further reading === Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 607