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Meaning of "semifluid" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SEMIFLUID

semifluid  [ˌsɛmɪˈfluːɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEMIFLUID

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Semifluid can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEMIFLUID MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of semifluid in the English dictionary

The definition of semifluid in the dictionary is having properties between those of a liquid and those of a solid. Other definition of semifluid is a substance that has such properties because of high viscosity.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEMIFLUID


Aeneid
ɪˈniːɪd
campodeid
kæmˈpəʊdiːɪd
cepheid
ˈsɛphiːɪd
Clwyd
ˈkluːɪd
druid
ˈdruːɪd
fluid
ˈfluːɪd
nonfluid
ˌnɒnˈfluːɪd
scarabaeid
ˌskærəˈbiːɪd
subfluid
sʌbˈfluːɪd
suid
ˈsuːɪd
superfluid
ˌsuːpəˈfluːɪd
teiid
ˈtiːɪd
toluid
ˈtɒluːɪd
tracheide
ˈtreɪkiːɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEMIFLUID

semielliptical
semiempirical
semierect
semievergreen
semifeudal
semifinal
semifinalist
semifinished
semifit
semifitted
semifluidic
semifluidity
semiformal
semifreddo
semigala
semiglobe
semiglobular
semigloss
semigroup
semihard

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEMIFLUID

amber fluid
amniotic fluid
brake fluid
cerebrospinal fluid
cleaning fluid
correcting fluid
correction fluid
culture fluid
de-icing fluid
drilling fluid
embalming fluid
serous fluid
spermatic fluid
spinal fluid
working fluid

Synonyms and antonyms of semifluid in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «semifluid» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEMIFLUID

Find out the translation of semifluid to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of semifluid from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «semifluid» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半流体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

semilíquida
570 millions of speakers

English

semifluid
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

semifluid
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جزئي السيولة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полужидкий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

semifluid
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

semifluid
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

semi-fluide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semifluid
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

halbflüssigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半流動体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반유동체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Semifluid
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

semifluid
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

semifluid
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेमिफ्लुइड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarı sıvı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

semifluido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół-płynnym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

напіврідкий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semifluide
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ημιρευστή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half vloeibaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvflytande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

semifluid
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of semifluid

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMIFLUID»

The term «semifluid» is normally little used and occupies the 137.627 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of semifluid
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «semifluid».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMIFLUID» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «semifluid» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «semifluid» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about semifluid

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEMIFLUID»

Discover the use of semifluid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to semifluid and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Soil survey
Lafitte-Clovelly Level, very poorly drained soils that have a semifluid, mucky surface layer and semifluid, clayey underlying material; in brackish marshes This map unit consists of soils in brackish marshes that are ponded and flooded most of ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1984
2
Encyclopaedia of Pure Materia Medica
evacuation, with some burning pain in the anus (thirtieth day); after breakfast, a semifluid evacuation (thirty-second day) ; after dinner, a second loose evacuation (thirty-fourth day) ; during the day two loose stools (thirty-eighth day) ; in the ...
T. F. Allen, 2013
3
Soil Survey
Barbary Series The Barbary series consists of very poorly drained, flooded soils that have semifluid mineral layers. These soils occur in broad, low swamps on both sides of the Mississippi River. They are in interstream basins. A representative ...
‎1973
4
The Ecology of Phytoplankton
At the base of the semifluid layer, the same materials are progressively lost to the permanent sediment (Guinasso and Schink, 1975): compacting, losing water, perhaps leaching biominerals, the first stages of sediment diagenesis and ...
C. S. Reynolds, 2006
5
Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in ...
My observations commenced after I had obtained several specimens of the Sorghum, and have been continued on the semifluid sugar, likewise from different parts of tho . United States, with uniform results. When a recent shaving of the ...
David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, 1858
6
A Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary Containing... ...
Below is also inserted another new theory, for the pressure or push of semifluid and cohesive earth, communicated by a learned friend, Dr. Young, Foreign Seer, to the Royal Society. An Essay on the Pressure of semifluid and cohesive ...
Charles Hutton, 1815
7
Textbook of Oral Medicine
DEFINITIONS ' By Killey and Key 1966—this entity constituted an epithelium- lined sac filled with fluid or semifluid material. ' By some unknown author 1966— a cyst is an abnormal cavity in hard and soft tissue which contains fluid, semifluid,  ...
Ghom, 2005
8
Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology
chloroplasts,. which are organelles specialized for photosynthesis (Figure 5.3B). Plant chloroplasts have two outer membranes, and they are filled with a semifluid substance called. stroma. Suspended in the stroma are the chloroplast's DNA, ...
Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr, 2009
9
A philosophical and mathematical dictionary: containing an ...
The resistance opposed by friction, or adhesion, to the relative motion of any two given solid or semifluid substances, is nearly proportional to the force urging the surfaces into contact. Since, however, this force must necessarily be augmented  ...
Charles Hutton, 1815
10
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
herent mucus, and beneath this the membrane was embrowned and rough. The lungs were loaded with blood; and their vessels contained a great deal of semifluid viscid dark-coloured blood. The mucous membrane of the stomach presented ...
‎1837

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEMIFLUID»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term semifluid is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Introducing New Plunger Lubricants and Robotic Greases for the …
Its semifluid consistency effectively carries sophisticated lubrication to reduction gear contact points providing improved efficiency and extended equipment life. «PR Newswire, Sep 14»
2
Consider Consistency When Selecting Grease
The thickener is a material that will produce the solid to semifluid structure in combination with the selected lubricant. The primary types of thickeners used in ... «Machinery Lubrication Magaz, Jan 13»
3
Storing Grease to Avoid Bleed and Separation
In general, a grease is a solid to semifluid product that consists of a dispersion of a thickening agent in a liquid lubricant. This thickener system can be made up ... «Machinery Lubrication Magaz, Feb 12»
4
MC50 Bore Cleaner
... proprietary synthetic lubricant protectant technology for weapons applications under the TW25B grease, MC2500 oil, MC3000 semifluid and MC1210 bearing ... «Officer.com, Nov 11»
5
Grease Basics
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) defines lubricating grease as: "A solid to semifluid product of dispersion of a thickening agent in liquid ... «Machinery Lubrication Magaz, Jun 08»
6
Solar energy becomes popular choice in Tibet
... on straw, firewood, cattle dung for fuel, and ghee, a kind of clarified and semifluid butter, for lighting, and shunned using solar energy despite the fact that Tibet ... «China Daily, Oct 04»

REFERENCE
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