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liquid# — liquid adj Liquid, fluid are comparable both as adjectives meaning composed of particles that move easily and flowingly and change their relative position without any perceptible break in their continuity and as nouns denoting a substance… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
liquid — liq·uid adj 1 a: consisting of cash or capable of ready conversion into cash liquid assets b: capable of covering current liabilities out of current assets esp. in a rapid manner a liquid insurer 2: of or relating to a security or commodity with… … Law dictionary
liquid — Adj zahlungsfähig, flüssig erw. fach. (17. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. liquidus flüssig, fließend , zu l. liquēre flüssig sein . Verb: liquidieren; Abstraktum: Liquidität. Als Fachausdruck der Phonetik Liquid(a) Gleitlaut . Ebenso nndl.… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
liquid — Adj. (Mittelstufe) zu jedem Zeitpunkt verfügbar Beispiel: Das Unternehmen benötig sofort liquide Mittel … Extremes Deutsch
liquid — {{11}}liquid (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. liquide liquid, running, from L. liquidus fluid, liquid, moist, figuratively flowing, continuing, from liquere be fluid, related to liqui to melt, flow, from PIE *wleik to flow, run. Of sounds, from 1630s … Etymology dictionary
liquid — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a consistency like that of water or oil, flowing freely but of constant volume. 2 having the qualities of water in appearance; translucent (liquid blue; a liquid lustre). 3 (of a gas, e.g. air, hydrogen) reduced to a… … Useful english dictionary
liquid — [lik′wid] adj. [OFr liquide < L liquidus < liquere, to be liquid, prob. < IE base * wlikw , wet > Welsh gwlyb, moist] 1. readily flowing; fluid; specif., having its molecules moving freely with respect to each other so as to flow… … English World dictionary
liquid — adj 1. fluid, flowing, running, streaming, sappy, freely flowing; watery, runny, liquidy; liquefied, melted, molten, liquescent; dissolved, solvent, thin; muddy, slushy, sloshy, splashy, sloppy, squishy, oozy, miry, sloughy, plashy; viscous,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Liquid nitrogen economy — A liquid nitrogen economy is a hypothetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid hydrogen in some transport modes and as a means of… … Wikipedia
liquid — liquidly, adv. liquidness, n. /lik wid/, adj. 1. composed of molecules that move freely among themselves but do not tend to separate like those of gases; neither gaseous nor solid. 2. of, pertaining to, or consisting of liquids: a liquid diet. 3 … Universalium
