World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariessemi-liquide
Pronunciation / Transliteration: səmi-likid
"La substance a une consistance semi-liquide."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Having the qualities of both a solid and a liquid; yielding to pressure but retaining a viscous consistency.
"The volcanic crater was filled with a thick, semifluid magma."
- 1
A substance that is semifluid in consistency.
"The recipe requires beating the mixture until it reaches the consistency of a smooth semifluid."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combining form 'semi-' (meaning 'half' or 'partially', originating from Latin 'semi-') and the adjective 'fluid' (from Latin 'fluidus', meaning 'flowing', from 'fluere'). It emerged in scientific and technical literature during the mid-19th century to describe substances exhibiting properties intermediate between solid and liquid states.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Semifluid" is said worldwide
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semi-liquide
Transliteration: səmi-likid
"La substance a une consistance semi-liquide."
halbflüssig
Transliteration: halbflyssik
"Die Masse ist von halbflüssiger Konsistenz."
semifluido
Transliteration: semifluido
"Il composto ha una consistenza semifluida."
semifluido
Transliteration: semiflwido
"El material volcánico es de naturaleza semifluida."
semifluido
Transliteration: semifluido
"A substância permaneceu num estado semifluido."
अर्ध-तरल
Transliteration: ardh-taral
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"लावा का तापमान अधिक होने के कारण यह अर्ध-तरल अवस्था में था।"
半流体
Transliteration: bàn liútǐ
Script: 中文汉字
"这种物质在常温下呈现半流体状态。"
반유동체
Transliteration: banyudongche
Script: 한국어 한글
"그 물질은 걸쭉한 반유동체 상태였다."
半流動体
Transliteration: hanryūdōtai
Script: 日本語
"その物質は半流動体の状態を保っている。"
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