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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
fluid
/ˈfluːɪd/
adjective1 of 2
a material that can easily flow. e.g. water
- “Blood is the fluid responsible for the circulation of nutrients.”Tatoeba
- “The doctor tells me to drink plenty of fluids.”Tatoeba
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noun2 of 2
Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)