fluidity

From French fluidité.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fluːˈɪd.ə.ti/, /fluːˈɪd.ɪ.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fluˈɪd.ə.ti/, [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [fluˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /flʉːˈɪd.ə.ti/, [fluːˈɪɾ.ə.ti], [fluːˈɪɾ.ə.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɪdəti

fluidity (countable and uncountable, plural fluidities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being fluid rather than viscous
2. (countable) A measure of the extent to which something is fluid. The reciprocal of its viscosity.
3. The quality of being fluid or free-flowing
   • 1944 November and December, Lord Monkswell, “The French Four-Cylinder Compound Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 326:

     In addition to all this, the fluidity of the steam itself was much increased by high superheat, usually achieved by means of the Houlet superheater.

   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Either side of Rooney's fluffed chance, it was a tale of Ukrainian domination as they attacked England down both flanks and showed the greater fluidity of the teams.

• viscosity