noun
1. the property of flowing easily
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adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased
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they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer
• Syn: ↑fluidness, ↑liquidity, ↑liquidness, ↑runniness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑runny (for: ↑runniness), ↑liquid (for: ↑liquidity), ↑fluid (for: ↑fluidness), ↑fluid
• Hypernyms: ↑thinness
2. a changeable quality
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a charming Oriental fluidity of manner
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a certain fluidness in his perception of time made him an unpredictable colleague
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demographers try to predict social fluidity
• Syn: ↑fluidness
• Hypernyms: ↑changeableness, ↑changeability
Useful english dictionary. 2012.