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  • 11fluxion structure — Fluidal Flu id*al, a. Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion. [1913 Webster] {Fluidal structure} (Geol.), the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the lines of flow of… …

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  • 12fluid — fluidal, adj. fluidly, fluidally, adv. fluidness, n. /flooh id/, n. 1. a substance, as a liquid or gas, that is capable of flowing and that changes its shape at a steady rate when acted upon by a force tending to change its shape. adj. 2.… …

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  • 13Perfume (novel) — This article is about the novel. For the 2006 film adaptation, see Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film). Perfume: The Story of a Murderer   …

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  • 14Fluxional — Flux ion*al, a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant. [1913 Webster] The merely human,the temporary and fluxional. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] {Fluxional structure} (Geol.), fluidal structure. [1913… …

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  • 15Fluxional structure — Fluxional Flux ion*al, a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant. [1913 Webster] The merely human,the temporary and fluxional. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] {Fluxional structure} (Geol.), fluidal structure.… …

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  • 16obsidian — ob*sid i*an, n. [L. Obsidianus lapis, so named, according to Pliny, after one Obsidius, who discovered it in Ethiopia: cf. F. obsidiane, obsidienne. The later editions of Pliny read Obsianus lapis, and Obsius, instead of Obsidianus lapis, and… …

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  • 17Rhyolite — Rhy o*lite, n. [Gr. rei^n to flow + lite.] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure. {Rhy o*lit ic},, a. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 18Rhyolitic — Rhyolite Rhy o*lite, n. [Gr. rei^n to flow + lite.] (Min.) A quartzose trachyte, an igneous rock often showing a fluidal structure. {Rhy o*lit ic},, a. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19fluid — I. adjective Etymology: French or Latin; French fluide, from Latin fluidus, from fluere to flow; akin to Greek phlyzein to boil over Date: 1603 1. a. having particles that easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the …

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  • 20Lava — flow redirects here. For the programming anti pattern, see Lava flow (programming). For other uses, see Lava (disambiguation) …

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