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21Fluid inclusions — are microscopic bubbles of liquid and gas that are trapped within crystals. As minerals often form from a liquid or aqueous medium, tiny blebs of that liquid can become trapped within the crystal structure or in healed fractures within a crystal …
22Fluid construction grammar — (FCG) is a construction grammar formalism designed by Luc Steels implementing the notion of emergent grammar and operates from a multi agent perspective (none of the agents will speak the exact same language), useful for studies in evolutionary… …
23FLUID — (Fast Light User Interface Designer) is a graphical editor that is used to produce FLTK source code. FLUID edits and saves its state in text .fl files, which can be edited in a text editor for finer control over display and behavior.After… …
24fluid — [flo͞o′id] adj. [ME < L fluidus < fluere, to flow: see FLUCTUATE] 1. that can flow; not solid; able to move and change shape without separating when under pressure 2. of a fluid or fluids 3. like a fluid; that can change rapidly or easily;… …
25Fluid attenuated inversion recovery — (FLAIR) is a pulse sequence used in Magnetic Resonance Imaging which was invented by Dr Graeme Bydder. The pulse sequence is an inversion recovery technique that nulls fluids. For example, it can be used in brain imaging to suppress Cerebrospinal …
26Fluid tuning — is a tuning system for the piano and hammered dulcimer. It was developed by Geoff Smith, a composer and musician from Brighton, England.Fluid tuning is accomplished by the addition of the microtonal tuning mechanism to the instrument. This… …
27fluid ounce — noun count a unit for measuring an amount of liquid, equal to .02957 liters. There are 16 fluid ounces in a PINT …
28Fluid conductance — is related to the rate at which a unit of material can transmit fluids, and is used mainly in hydrology in relation to river and lake bottoms. It is an application of intrinsic permeability to a unit of material with a defined area and… …
29fluid ounce — n written abbreviation fl oz a unit for measuring liquid, equal to 1/20 ↑pint or 0.028 litres in Britain, and 1/16 pint or 0.030 litres in the US …
30fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
