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semiˈfluid, a. (and n.)
[semi- 8 a.]
A. adj. Of a consistency midway between fluid and solid.
1775Ash, Semifluid, imperfectly fluid. 1791Beddoes in Phil. Trans. LXXXI. 174 Workman keeps stirring and turning over the metal; in 3 m. it becomes soft and semi⁓fluid. 1833N. Arnott Physics (ed. 5) II. 37 The reason why thick soups, pies, puddings, and all semifluid masses, retain their heat..so much longer than equal bulks of mere fluid. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge xix, Semifluid, as if composed of earth and water. 1880–1W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 234 Monas fluida{ddd}Body soft and semifluid, exceedingly variable in shape.
B. n. A semi-fluid substance.
1731Arbuthnot Aliments vi. vii. §7 (1735) 189 Phlegm, or Pituite, is a sort of Semi-fluid. 1873Geikie Ice Age iii. 33 What property does ice possess which enables it to creep upon slopes adown which only fluids and semi-fluids can move?
Hence ˌsemifluˈidity.
1807T. Thomson Chem. (ed. 3) II. 455 The semifluidity of tar. 1860Tyndall Glac. ii. xxv. 365 A proof of the semi-fluidity of the glacier. |