Part 4419

-- <wordforms><wf>Fluff"i*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fl\'81gel</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Fl\'81"gel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., a wing.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped.</def>

<h1>Flugelman</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"gel*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G. <ets>fl\'81gelman</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Fugleman</er>.</def>

<h1>Fluid</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fluidus</ets>, fr. <ets>fluere</ets> to flow: cf. F. <ets>fluide</ets>. See <er>Fluent</er>.]</ety> <def>Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.</def>

<h1>Fluid</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"id</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Fluid</i> is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species. Water, air, and steam are <i>fluids</i>. By analogy, the term is sometimes applied to electricity and magnetism, as in phrases electric <i>fluid</i>, magnetic <i>fluid</i>, though not strictly appropriate.</note>

<cs><mcol><col>Fluid dram</col>, &or; <col>Fluid drachm</col></mcol>, <cd>a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce.</cd> -- <col>Fluid ounce</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>In the United States, a measure of capacity, in apothecaries' or wine measure, equal to one sixteenth of a pint or 29.57 cubic centimeters. This, for water, is about 1.04158 ounces avoirdupois, or 455.6 grains.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains.</cd> -- <col>Fluids of the body</col>. <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <cd>The circulating blood and lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle serum are the more important <i>fluids of the body<i>. The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried <i>in vacuo<i> with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Burning fluid</col>, <col>Elastic fluid</col>, <col>Electric fluid</col>, <col>Magnetic fluid</col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Burning</er>, <er>Elastic</er>, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fluidal</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"id*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion.</def>

<cs><col>Fluidal structure</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten material before solidification; -- also called <altname>fluxion structure</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Fluinity</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu*in"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fluidit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, a\'89riform. or gaseous state; -- opposed to <i>solidity</i>.</def>

<blockquote>It was this want of organization, this looseness and <b>fluidity</b> of the new movement, that made it penetrate through every class of society. <i>J. R. Green.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fluidize</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"id*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fluidized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fluidizing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To render fluid.</def>

<h1>Fluidness</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"id*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being flluid; fluidity.</def>

<h1>Fluidounce</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"id*ounce`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <cref>Fluid ounce</cref>, under <er>Fluid</er>.</def>

<h1>Fluidrachm</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"i*drachm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <cref>Fluid dram</cref>, under <er>Fluid</er>.</def>

<i>Pharm. of the U. S.</i>

<h1>Flukan</h1> <Xpage=574>

<hw>Flu"kan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Flucan.</def>