Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Intermediate in properties, especially in flow properties, between liquids and solids.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Half-liquid; semi-fluid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Half liquid; semifluid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having properties intermediate between those of a
solid and aliquid . - noun Any substance with properties intermediate between those of a
solid and aliquid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective somewhat liquid
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Examples
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All the recent discoveries about extremophiles, and especially those living in ice, raise the possibility that living creatures could remain in an arctic-like permafrost just below the Martian surface, one that changes from frozen to semiliquid with the seasons.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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All the recent discoveries about extremophiles, and especially those living in ice, raise the possibility that living creatures could remain in an arctic-like permafrost just below the Martian surface, one that changes from frozen to semiliquid with the seasons.
First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011
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“The heat from below is keeping the lava in a semiliquid state.”
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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“The heat from below is keeping the lava in a semiliquid state.”
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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“The heat from below is keeping the lava in a semiliquid state.”
THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010
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Traditional methods for liquid or semiliquid fecal incontinence management, such as the use of absorbent briefs/pads, skin cleansers, and moisturizers, are only moderately successful in alleviating the consequences of fecal incontinence.
New Data Shows Budget Impact of Fecal Management System in Hospital ICU 2010
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At the beginning of the decade there was about $100 trillion worth of property paper representing tangible goods such as land, buildings, and patents world-wide, and some $170 trillion representing ownership over such semiliquid assets as mortgages, stocks and bonds.
Toxic Assets Were Hidden Assets Hernando de Soto 2009
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There was a sound so real, a thud and a subsequent hum, the whole panel vibrating, that the boys and girls went slack in their seats, wide-eyed and semiliquid.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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There was a sound so real, a thud and a subsequent hum, the whole panel vibrating, that the boys and girls went slack in their seats, wide-eyed and semiliquid.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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There was a sound so real, a thud and a subsequent hum, the whole panel vibrating, that the boys and girls went slack in their seats, wide-eyed and semiliquid.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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