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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024li•quid•i•ty (li kwid′i tē),USA pronunciation n. - a liquid state or quality.
- Businessthe ability or ease with which assets can be converted into cash.
- Latin liquiditās. See liquid, -ity
- 1610–20
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024liq•uid /ˈlɪkwɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - Physicsmade up of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid:liquid nitrogen.
- of, relating to, or made up of liquids:a liquid diet.
- clear and bright:soft, liquid eyes.
- smooth;
flowing freely:liquid dance steps; liquid song. - Businessin cash or easily changed into cash:liquid assets.
n. - Physicsa liquid substance: [uncountable]needs more liquid.[countable]Drink plenty of liquids.
li•quid•i•ty /lɪˈkwɪdɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]the liquidity of his stocks and bonds. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024liq•uid (lik′wid),USA pronunciation adj. - Physicscomposed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases;
neither gaseous nor solid. - of, pertaining to, or consisting of liquids:a liquid diet.
- flowing like water.
- clear, transparent, or bright:liquid eyes.
- (of sounds, tones, etc.) smooth;
agreeable; flowing freely:the liquid voice of a trained orator. - Businessin cash or readily convertible into cash without significant loss of principal:liquid assets.
- Phoneticscharacterizing a frictionless speech sound pronounced with only a partial obstruction of the breath stream and whose utterance can be prolonged as that of a vowel, esp. l and r.
- (of movements, gestures, etc.) graceful;
smooth; free and unconstricted:the ballerina's liquid arabesques. n. - Physicsa liquid substance.
- Phoneticseither r or l, and sometimes m, n, ng.
- Latin liquidus, equivalent. to liqu(ēre) to be liquid + -idus -id4
- Middle English liquyd 1350–1400
liq′uid•ly, adv. liq′uid•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Liquid, fluid agree in referring to matter that is not solid. Liquid commonly refers to substances, as water, oil, alcohol, and the like, that are neither solids nor gases:Water ceases to be a liquid when it is frozen or turned to steam.Fluid is applied to anything that flows, whether liquid or gaseous:Pipes can carry fluids from place to place.
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