different between impulsive vs fluid
impulsive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?ls?v/
Adjective
impulsive (comparative more impulsive, superlative most impulsive)
- Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
- Poor men! poor papers! We and they / Do some impulsive force obey.
- Actuated by impulse or by transient feelings; inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration.
- my heart, impulsive and wayward
- (mechanics) Acting momentarily, or by impulse; not continuous – said of forces.
Related terms
- impulse
- impulsion
- impulsively
- impulsiveness
- impulsor
- impulsory
Translations
References
- impulsive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impulsive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Noun
impulsive (plural impulsives)
- That which impels or gives an impulse; an impelling agent.
- 1613, Henry Wotton, letter to Edmund Bacon
- Notwithstanding all which Motives and impulsives , Sir Thomas Overbury refused to be sent abroad , with such terms
- 1613, Henry Wotton, letter to Edmund Bacon
- One whose behaviour or personality is characterized by being impulsive.
French
Adjective
impulsive
- feminine singular of impulsif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
impulsive
- inflection of impulsiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
impulsive f pl
- feminine plural of impulsivo
Latin
Adjective
impuls?ve
- vocative masculine singular of impuls?vus
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
impulsive
- definite singular/plural of impulsiv
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
impulsive
- definite singular/plural of impulsiv
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fluid
English
Etymology
From Middle English fluid, from Latin fluidus (“flowing; fluid”), from Latin flu? (“to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to swell; surge; overflow; run”). Akin to Ancient Greek ?????? (phlúein, “to swell; overflow”). Not related to English flow, which is a native, inherited word from *plew-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?flu??d/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?flju??d/
- Rhymes: -u??d
Noun
fluid (countable and uncountable, plural fluids)
- Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- A liquid (as opposed to a solid or gas).
- 1992, Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press, Christopher W. Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, Gulf Professional Publishing (?ISBN), page 854:
- fluid inclusion Petrology, a tiny fluid- or gas-filled cavity in an igneous rock. 1-100 micrometers in diameter, formed by the entrapment of a fluid, typically that from which the rock crystallized.
- 2006, Jörg Fitter, Thomas Gutberlet, Neutron Scattering in Biology: Techniques and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN), page 236:
- For studying interfaces between solid and another solid, fluid, or gas, a sample can be oriented with its reflecting surface(s) vertical (and with the scattering plane, as defined by nominal incident and reflected wavevectors, horizontal).
- 2011, Andrew T Raftery, Michael S. Delbridge, Marcus J. D. Wagstaff, Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery, International Edition E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences (?ISBN), page 11:
- Tenderness: is the lump tender?
- Composition: is the mass solid, fluid or gas?
- 2012, Will Pettijohn P.E.C., Oil & Gas Handbook: A Roughneck's guide to the Universe, AuthorHouse (?ISBN), page 23:
- The choke manifold then expels the fluid or gas to the gas buster or a panic line. The panic line will then either send the fluid or gas to the reserve pit or a flare stack or flare tank.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:fluid.
- 1992, Christopher G. Morris, Academic Press, Christopher W. Morris, Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology, Gulf Professional Publishing (?ISBN), page 854:
- (specifically, medicine, colloquial, typically in the plural) Intravenous fluids.
Derived terms
- amber fluid
- brake fluid
- fluid mechanics
- superfluid
Translations
Adjective
fluid (comparative more fluid, superlative most fluid)
- (not comparable) Of or relating to fluid.
- In a state of flux; subject to change.
- Moving smoothly, or giving the impression of a liquid in motion.
- (of an asset) Convertible into cash.
- (rare) Genderfluid.
- 2017, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor (?ISBN), page 274 (the genderfluid character Alex Fierro is speaking):
- “Oh, Loki made sure of that. My mortal parents blamed him for the way I was, for being fluid.”
- 2017, Rick Riordan, Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor (?ISBN), page 274 (the genderfluid character Alex Fierro is speaking):
Synonyms
- (of or relating to fluid): fluidical, liquid; see also Thesaurus:fluidic
- (subject to change): unstable, variable; see also Thesaurus:changeable
- (moving smoothly): fluent, fluxive; see also Thesaurus:flowing or Thesaurus:runny
Translations
Related terms
- fluctuate
- fluctuation
- fluency
- fluent
- flux
- fluidal
- fluidic
- fluidics
- fluidify
- fluidise
- fluidize
- fluidity
- fluidous
- semifluid
References
Further reading
- fluid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fluid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fluid at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Adjective
fluid (feminine fluida, masculine plural fluids, feminine plural fluides)
- fluid
Derived terms
- fluïdesa
Noun
fluid m (plural fluids)
- fluid
Further reading
- “fluid” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fluid” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “fluid” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fluid” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Adjective
fluid (not comparable)
- fluid
Declension
Synonyms
- flüssig
Further reading
- “fluid” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
fluid n (definite singular fluidet, indefinite plural fluid or fluider, definite plural fluida or fluidene)
- a fluid
Synonyms
- væske
Derived terms
- fluidmekanikk
References
- “fluid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
fluid n (definite singular fluidet, indefinite plural fluid, definite plural fluida)
- a fluid
Synonyms
- væske
Derived terms
- fluidmekanikk
References
- “fluid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French fluide, from Latin fluidus.
Adjective
fluid m or n (feminine singular fluid?, masculine plural fluizi, feminine and neuter plural fluide)
- fluid
Declension
Related terms
- fluiditate
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flûi?d/
- Hyphenation: flu?id
Noun
fl??d m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)
- fluid
Declension
Spanish
Verb
fluid
- (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of fluir.
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