Liquid
noun
A substance that can flow and take the shape of any container it is in.
Water is an example of liquid
Often appears as...
- hot liquid
- liquid substance
adjective
Being in a state of matter that is like water or oil, not solid or gas.
The substance is in liquid form
Often appears as...
- liquid form
- liquid state
adjective
Easy to change into cash or to get money for.
These assets are highly liquid
Often appears as...
- liquid assets
- liquid market
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Economic
noun
A specific type of substance that is in liquid form.
He poured a greenish liquid into the glass
Often appears as...
- greenish liquid
- unidentified liquid
adjective
Flowing freely, smooth and continuous like a liquid.
Her movements were liquid and graceful
Often appears as...
- liquid movements
- liquid grace
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General
noun
A substance that can flow and take the shape of any container it is in.
Water is an example of liquid
Often appears as...
- hot liquid
- liquid substance
adjective
Being in a state of matter that is like water or oil, not solid or gas.
The substance is in liquid form
Often appears as...
- liquid form
- liquid state
adjective
Easy to change into cash or to get money for.
These assets are highly liquid
Often appears as...
- liquid assets
- liquid market
Usage tips
Economic
noun
A specific type of substance that is in liquid form.
He poured a greenish liquid into the glass
Often appears as...
- greenish liquid
- unidentified liquid
adjective
Flowing freely, smooth and continuous like a liquid.
Her movements were liquid and graceful
Often appears as...
- liquid movements
- liquid grace
Usage tips
General
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Properties
Liquids have no fixed shape but a fixed volume; they're not just water.
Oil, like water, is a liquid that takes the container's shape.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Safe
Some liquids can be dangerous, like acids or boiling liquids.
The liquid in the battery is corrosive.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Characteristics
Liquids have various features; they can be colored, odorless, or tasteless.
This clear liquid has a strong scent.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Properties
Liquids have no fixed shape but a fixed volume; they're not just water.
Oil, like water, is a liquid that takes the container's shape.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Safe
Some liquids can be dangerous, like acids or boiling liquids.
The liquid in the battery is corrosive.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Characteristics
Liquids have various features; they can be colored, odorless, or tasteless.
This clear liquid has a strong scent.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Properties
Liquids have no fixed shape but a fixed volume; they're not just water.
Oil, like water, is a liquid that takes the container's shape.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Safe
Some liquids can be dangerous, like acids or boiling liquids.
The liquid in the battery is corrosive.
Pro Tip 3/3Sensory Characteristics
Liquids have various features; they can be colored, odorless, or tasteless.
This clear liquid has a strong scent.
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What would happen if you...
Drinking well might also have various long-term benefits. Studies have shown that optimal hydration can lower the chance of stroke, help manage diabetes, and potentially reduce the risk of certain types of cancer. No matter what, getting the right amount of liquid makes a world of difference in how you'll feel, think,
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Why don't perpetual...
that didn't violate the first law of thermodynamics, it still wouldn't work in the real world because of the second law. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that energy tends to spread out through processes like friction. Any real machine would have moving parts or interactions with air or liquid molecules
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An ode to the joys of...
started playing with plastic books to be read in the bathtub pop-up books books to be touched books to be smelled books to be heard even liquid books to be touched on a screen clearly I'm a reader I've always been and I hope that I always will be it is actually that passion for reading that made me create
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John Bohannon: Dance vs....
Now if you use the right kind of atoms and you get them cold enough, something truly bizarre happens. It's no longer a solid, a liquid or a gas. It enters a new state of matter called a superfluid. The atoms lose their individual identity, and the rules from the quantum world take over,
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Why is ketchup so hard...
Now imagine that same bottle full of a liquid like water. That would pour like a dream. Ketchup, though, can't seem to make up its mind. Is it is a solid? Or a liquid? The answer is, it depends. The world's most common fluids like water, oils and alcohols respond to force linearly.
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The science of milk -...
the dairy industry has enlisted methods to step up production, enhance shelf life, and provide a variety of milk products. In the dairy, centrifugation machines spin milk at high speeds, forcing less dense fats to separate from the liquid and float up. After being skimmed off,
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How does asthma work? -...
This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways using a liquid mist or fine powder to treat the problem at its source.
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Life Beyond Earth, Part...
In order for a world to be habitable, you had to have a nice liquid water ocean on the surface, in contact with an atmosphere. In order for that condition to be satisfied, your world needed to be at just the right distance from the parent star, in our case, the Sun,
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How does fracking work?...
This liquid containing contaminants like radioactive material, salts, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons, needs to be stored and disposed of. That's usually done in pits on-site in deep wells or off-site at water treatment facilities.
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the motivation for the attack lies within the combs outside the exhausted hornets exchange liquids to boost their energy inside the defenseless young are
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What would happen if you...
Drinking well might also have various long-term benefits. Studies have shown that optimal hydration can lower the chance of stroke, help manage diabetes, and potentially reduce the risk of certain types of cancer. No matter what, getting the right amount of liquid makes a world of difference in how you'll feel, think,
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
that didn't violate the first law of thermodynamics, it still wouldn't work in the real world because of the second law. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that energy tends to spread out through processes like friction. Any real machine would have moving parts or interactions with air or liquid molecules
Video examples
An ode to the joys of...
started playing with plastic books to be read in the bathtub pop-up books books to be touched books to be smelled books to be heard even liquid books to be touched on a screen clearly I'm a reader I've always been and I hope that I always will be it is actually that passion for reading that made me create
Video examples
John Bohannon: Dance vs....
Now if you use the right kind of atoms and you get them cold enough, something truly bizarre happens. It's no longer a solid, a liquid or a gas. It enters a new state of matter called a superfluid. The atoms lose their individual identity, and the rules from the quantum world take over,
Video examples
Why is ketchup so hard...
Now imagine that same bottle full of a liquid like water. That would pour like a dream. Ketchup, though, can't seem to make up its mind. Is it is a solid? Or a liquid? The answer is, it depends. The world's most common fluids like water, oils and alcohols respond to force linearly.
Video examples
The science of milk -...
the dairy industry has enlisted methods to step up production, enhance shelf life, and provide a variety of milk products. In the dairy, centrifugation machines spin milk at high speeds, forcing less dense fats to separate from the liquid and float up. After being skimmed off,
Video examples
How does asthma work? -...
This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways using a liquid mist or fine powder to treat the problem at its source.
Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
In order for a world to be habitable, you had to have a nice liquid water ocean on the surface, in contact with an atmosphere. In order for that condition to be satisfied, your world needed to be at just the right distance from the parent star, in our case, the Sun,
Video examples
How does fracking work?...
This liquid containing contaminants like radioactive material, salts, heavy metals, and hydrocarbons, needs to be stored and disposed of. That's usually done in pits on-site in deep wells or off-site at water treatment facilities.
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
the motivation for the attack lies within the combs outside the exhausted hornets exchange liquids to boost their energy inside the defenseless young are
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Janet Frame
New Zealander Novelist
From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth.
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Georges Cuvier
French Scientist
Thus it cannot be denied that the masses which today form our highest mountains were originally in a liquid state; for a long time they were covered by waters which did not sustain any life.
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Ivan Moody
American Musician
I just didn't want my legacy to be that of a few others that I don't even have to name, where I was controlled by a substance, or a liquid for that matter. My life is too precious to me.
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Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The pro-American policy is the one that forces oil prices down. The way to do this is to flood the world market with liquid fuel from every source possible.
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Robert Mondavi
American Businessman
I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.
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Helen Keller
American Author
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
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Quincy Jones
American Musician
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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John W. Snow
American Economist
We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world.
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Tom Noddy
American Entertainer
Bubbles are just a little liquid soap and a breath of air.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Money: power at its most liquid.
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Janet Frame
New Zealander Novelist
From the first place of liquid darkness, within the second place of air and light, I set down the following record with its mixture of fact and truths and memories of truths and its direction toward the Third Place, where the starting point is myth.
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Georges Cuvier
French Scientist
Thus it cannot be denied that the masses which today form our highest mountains were originally in a liquid state; for a long time they were covered by waters which did not sustain any life.
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Ivan Moody
American Musician
I just didn't want my legacy to be that of a few others that I don't even have to name, where I was controlled by a substance, or a liquid for that matter. My life is too precious to me.
Quote examples
Robert Zubrin
American Scientist
The pro-American policy is the one that forces oil prices down. The way to do this is to flood the world market with liquid fuel from every source possible.
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Robert Mondavi
American Businessman
I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food.
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Helen Keller
American Author
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
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Quincy Jones
American Musician
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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John W. Snow
American Economist
We have the deepest and most liquid capital markets in the world.
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Tom Noddy
American Entertainer
Bubbles are just a little liquid soap and a breath of air.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Money: power at its most liquid.
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