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LIQ'UID, a. [L. liquidus, from liquo, to melt; lix and lug.]

1. Fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fluid. Mercury and air are fluid, but not liquid.

2. Soft; clear; flowing; smooth; as liquid melody.

3. Pronounced without any jar; smooth; as a liquid letter.

4. Dissolved; not obtainable by law; as a liquid debt. Obs.

LIQ'UID, n.

1. A fluid or flowing substance; a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane; as water, wine, milk, &c.

2. In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as l and r, in bla, bra. M and n are also called liquids.


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LIQ'UID, a. [L. liquidus, from liquo, to melt; lix and lug.]

1. Fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fluid. Mercury and air are fluid, but not liquid.

2. Soft; clear; flowing; smooth; as liquid melody.

3. Pronounced without any jar; smooth; as a liquid letter.

4. Dissolved; not obtainable by law; as a liquid debt. Obs.

LIQ'UID, n.

1. A fluid or flowing substance; a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane; as water, wine, milk, &c.

2. In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as l and r, in bla, bra. M and n are also called liquids.

LIQ'UID, a. [L. liquidus, from liquo, to melt, Ir. leagham; probably from flowing, and coinciding with Sax. loge, water, L. lix, and lug, in Lugdunum, Leyden, Lyons.]

  1. Fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fluid. Air is fluid, but not liquid.
  2. Soft; clear; flowing; smooth; a, liquid melody. – Crashaw.
  3. Pronounced without any jar; smooth; as, a liquid letter.
  4. Dissolved; not obtainable by law; as, a liquid debt. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

LIQ'UID, n.

  1. A fluid or flowing substance; a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane; as, water, wine, milk, &c.
  2. In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as 1 and r, in bla, bra. m and n are also called liquids.

Liq"uid
  1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.

    Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. Tyndale.

  2. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aëriform.

    * Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids.

  3. Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aëriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.
  4. A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids.

    Liquid measure, a measure, or system of measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc.

  5. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

    "Liquid melody." Crashaw.
  6. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.
  7. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
  8. Clear; definite in terms or amount.

    [Obs.] "Though the debt should be entirely liquid." Ayliffe.

    Liquid glass. See Soluble glass, under Glass.

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Liquid

LIQ'UID, adjective [Latin liquidus, from liquo, to melt; lix and lug.]

1. Fluid; flowing or capable of flowing; not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fluid. Mercury and air are fluid, but not liquid

2. Soft; clear; flowing; smooth; as liquid melody.

3. Pronounced without any jar; smooth; as a liquid letter.

4. Dissolved; not obtainable by law; as a liquid debt. obsolete

LIQ'UID, noun

1. A fluid or flowing substance; a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane; as water, wine, milk, etc.

2. In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as l and r, in bla, bra. M and n are also called liquids.

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