liquid

  1. Noun.  (physics) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
  2. Noun.  (phonetics) An ''l'' or ''r'' sound.
  3. Adjective.  Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid and not gaseous; composed of particles that move freely among each other on the slightest pressure.
  4. Adjective.  (finance, of an asset) Easily sold or disposed of without losing value.
  5. Adjective.  (finance, of a market) Having sufficient trading activity to make buying or selling easy.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.