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semifluid

adj

Etymology

From semi- + fluid.

  1. derived from *bʰleh₁-✻ — “to swell; surge; overflow; run”
  2. derived from fluō — “to flow”
  3. derived from fluidus — “flowing; fluid”
  4. inherited from fluid
  5. prefixed as semifluid — “semi + fluid”

Definitions

  1. Having properties intermediate between liquids and solids

  2. Any substance with properties intermediate between those of a solid and a liquid.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA