fluidal

English

Etymology

From fluid + -al.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfluːɪdəl/

Adjective

fluidal (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly geology) Pertaining to a fluid, or to a flowing motion.
    • 2001, Anthea Bell, translating WG Sebald, Austerlitz, Penguin 2011, p. 348:
      The contours of their bodies […] had dissolved at the edges, resembling, as it occurred to me, said Austerlitz, the frayed outlines of the human hand shown in the fluidal pictures and electrographs taken by Louis Draget in Paris around the turn of the century.

Synonyms


Romanian

Etymology

From German fluidal.

Adjective

fluidal m or n (feminine singular fluidală, masculine plural fluidali, feminine and neuter plural fluidale)

  1. fluidal

Declension

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