FLUIDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluidness mean? 

• FLUIDNESS (noun)
  The noun FLUIDNESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of flowing easily

2. a changeable quality

  Familiarity information: FLUIDNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUIDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of flowing easily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fluidity; fluidness; liquidity; liquidness; runniness

Context example:

they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer

Hypernyms ("fluidness" is a kind of...):

thinness (a consistency of low viscosity)

Derivation:

fluid (characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A changeable quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fluidity; fluidness

Context example:

demographers try to predict social fluidity

Hypernyms ("fluidness" is a kind of...):

changeability; changeableness (the quality of being changeable; having a marked tendency to change)

Derivation:

fluid (subject to change; variable)