Liquid
Liquid is one of the four fundamental states of matter (the others being solid, gas, and plasma), and is the only state with a definite volume but no fixed shape. A liquid is made up of tiny vibrating particles of matter, such as atoms and molecules, held together by intramolecular bonds. Water is, by far, the most common liquid on Earth. Like a gas, a liquid is able to flow and take the shape of a container. Some liquids resist compression, while others can be compressed. Unlike a gas, a liquid does not disperse to fill every space of a container, and maintains a fairly constant density. A distinctive property of the liquid state is surface tension, leading to wetting phenomena.
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More definitions of "liquid":
- (adj): Smooth and unconstrained in movement.
Example: "The liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
Synonyms: flowing, fluent, fluid, smooth
- (noun): A substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure.
- (adj): Smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness.
Example: "The liquid song of a robin"
- (adj): Clear and bright.
Example: "The liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"
Synonyms: limpid
- (adj): Existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow.
Example: "Water and milk and blood are liquid substances"
- (adj): Yielding; lacking any hint of hardness.
Example: "The liquid stillness of the night enveloping him"; "the liquid brown eyes of a spaniel"
- (noun): The state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility.
Synonyms: liquidness, liquidity
- (noun): A frictionless non-nasal continuant (especially 'l' and 'r').
- (adj): In cash or easily convertible to cash.
Example: "Liquid (or fluid) assets"
Synonyms: fluid
Famous quotes containing the word liquid:
“Telephone poles were matchsticks, put there to be snapped off at a whim. Dogs trotting across the road were suddenly big trucks. Old ladies turned into moving—vans. Everything was too bright, but very funny and made for my delight. And about half a mile from my long liquid breakfast I turned carefully down a side street and parked, and sat beaming happily through the tannic fog for about an hour, remembering how witty we all had been, how handsome and talented ... [ellipsis in original]”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“Taking a good mouthful, I felt as though I had taken liquid fire; the tomato was chile colorado, or red pepper, of the purest kind. It nearly killed me, and I saw Gómez’ eyes twinkle for he saw that his share of supper was increased.”
—For the State of California, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“While the State becomes inflated and hypertrophied in order to obtain a firm enough grip upon individuals, but without succeeding, the latter, without mutual relationships, tumble over one another like so many liquid molecules, encountering no central energy to retain, fix and organize them.”
—Emile Durkheim (1858–1917)