a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure
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the state in which a substance exhibits a characteristic readiness to flow with little or no tendency to disperse and relatively high incompressibility
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fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
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a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially `l' and `r')
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existing as or having characteristics of a liquid; especially tending to flow
<adj.all> water and milk and blood are liquid substances
changed from a solid to a liquid state
<adj.all> rivers filled to overflowing by melted snow
filled or brimming with tears
<adj.all> swimming eyes sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid
clear and bright
<adj.all> the liquid air of a spring morning eyes shining with a liquid luster limpid blue eyes
smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness
<adj.all> the liquid song of a robin
smooth and unconstrained in movement
<adj.all> a long, smooth stride the fluid motion of a cat the liquid grace of a ballerina
in cash or easily convertible to cash
<adj.all> liquid (or fluid) assets
Liquid \Liq"uid\ (l[i^]k"w[i^]d), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. r[=i] to ooze, drop, l[=i] to melt.] 1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will receive no step. --Tyndale.
2. (Physics) Being in such a state that the component molecules move freely among themselves, but have a definite volume changing only slightly with changes of pressure, and do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do when the volume of the container is increased; neither solid nor gaseous; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.
Note: Liquid substances may form a definite interface with gases, whereas the molecules of different gases freely intermingle with each other. [1913 Webster +PJC ]
3. Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. ``Liquid melody.'' --Crashaw.
4. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.
5. Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
6. Clear; definite in terms or amount. [Obs.] ``Though the debt should be entirely liquid.'' --Ayliffe.
7. (Finance) In cash or readily convertible into cash without loss of principle; -- said of assets, such as bank accounts, or short-term bonds tradable on a major stock exchange. [PJC]
{Liquid glass}. See {Soluble glass}, under {Glass}.
Liquid \Liq"uid\, n. 1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and therefore retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not gaseous and has a definite volume independent, of the container in which it is held. Liquids have a fixed volume at any given pressure, but their shape is determined by the container in which it is contained. Liquids, in contrast to gases, cannot expand indefinitely to fill an expanding container, and are only slightly compressible by application of pressure.
Note: Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids.
2. (Phon.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n also are called liquids.
{Liquid measure}, a measure, or system of measuring, for liquids, by the gallon, quart, pint, gill, etc.
They're staying liquid until they decide what to do," says David Thibodeau, executive vice president of Third National Bank in Nashville, Tenn.
The securities being registered with the SEC include $300 million in TBS senior notes due in 1997, $400 million in senior subordinated debentures due in 2001 and $200 million in liquid yield option notes due in 2004.
After assessing the weather late Monday, shuttle managers directed technicians to once more pump 524,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen and oxygen into Columbia's huge external fuel tank.
More generally, every passenger can expect to produce a pound of liquid during a flight, In the unlikely event that a lavatory should fill up, sensors warn the cabin crew, which then shuts the lavatory down.
The last would include index-linked gilts, overseas bonds and liquid deposits. Investors with portfolios constructed on these lines have had a rather dull 1994 so far, with a negative return of about 8 per cent in the first six months.
"Our units weren't heavily invested in stocks and were liquid" with cash of about 1 billion francs in the group, he said.
And he worked financial wizardry by keeping Texaco liquid through its $11.1 billion legal battle with Pennzoil Co. and the bankruptcy-law proceedings that resulted from it.
McKenzie River officials say they didn't pay to have their product included in the movie, and a spokesman for Sony Corp.'s Columbia Pictures unit confirms that Ice Cube suggested the liquid prop.
The products involved in the petition are thin-panel displays, using such technologies as active-matrix liquid crystal displays, electroluminescence and gas plasma.
With cash and liquid investments of about $2 billion, equal to long-term debt, it clearly has room for a bigger repurchase.
To remain liquid, hydrogen must be kept at 423 degrees below zero.
Lisa Lavita, a cheerful young nurse, suctions baby Phillip's lungs free of liquid and turns him to prevent bedsores.
The cache included dynamite, detonators, liquid explosives, and other explosives used in the construction industry, said Sanchez.
Gatx has interests in railcar and aircraft leasing, financial services, and bulk liquid terminal storage.
The customers find the markets liquid and the costs very competitive.
"Banks don't do a large amount of unsecured lending unless a person has a pretty substantial financial statement and the person is liquid," said Michael Pint, a Minnesota bank owner and former state banking commissioner.
Mr. Preisig said the gray market helps create a liquid trading environment that in the long run will help the development of Swiss capital markets.
The initial license fee of $650,000 could grow if Compaq uses the technology in future products and pays royalties, according to In Focus, which sells liquid crystal displays for use in projection systems.
We had been rationing liquid since the fourth day at sea because we had inadvertently dumped three-quarters of the fresh water from our tanks, and now we found that some of our bottles of emergency water had cracked.
A police officer who declined to be identified said investigators believe the liquid was gasoline.
At the same time, individual investors in general purpose and broker-dealer funds continued to add to their holdings of safe, liquid assets."
The activity is producing the trading volume needed to make them liquid, he added.
The launch of the shuttle and its $550 million Magellan Venus probe was scrubbed on Friday 31 seconds before liftoff because of a power surge on a pump that recirculates liquid hydrogen fuel for one of the shuttle's three main engines.
The bomb squad soon arrived at the scene, froze the bag with liquid nitrogen and transported it to a nearby river bank for further investigation.
But pharmacists can crush the pills, mix them with alcohol and distilled water and then sell the liquid as a baldness treatment.
Other anti-pollution measures include replacing coal and oil as an energy source with liquid natural gas.
Ms. Dann took the children to Ravinia School in nearby Highland Park, where she set off a small container of flammable liquid, Timm said.
Police blocked off the street and aimed water cannons spewing yellow liquid at nearby shops, breaking a half-dozen shop signs, witnesses said.
The launch was scrubbed last Friday just 31 seconds before the planned liftoff when controllers noted a sudden power surge on a fuel pump that recirculates liquid hydrogen propellant for one of the three main engines.
The experimental process mixes coal, iron ore and limestone to make liquid steel in one step.