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fluid

1. a substance, such as a liquid or gas, that can flow, has no fixed shape, and offers little resistance to an external stress
2. capable of flowing and easily changing shape
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fluid

[′flü·əd]
(physics)
An aggregate of matter in which the molecules are able to flow past each other without limit and without fracture planes forming.
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Fluidal colonies with reddish pink center and irregular margins are usually virulent while dark colored non-fluidal colonies with darker colors and smooth margins are normally avirulent.
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12, medium-grained structure, and intergranular and rare fluidal texture, marked by the arrangement of platy minerals (plagioclases), were observed.
New age and petrological constraints on Lower Silesian basaltoids, SW Poland
In that location the ignimbrite does not have a defined base, with a vitrophyre, but rather appears to continue downward into fluidal rhyolites, suggesting that the ignimbrite corresponds to an intracaldera facies rather than an outflow sheet.
Geochemistry of the extensive peralkaline pyroclastic flow deposit of NW Mexico, based on conventional and handheld X-ray fluorescence. Implications in a regional context/Geoquimica del extenso deposito de flujo piroclastico hiperalcalino del NW de Mexico, basada en fluorescencia de rayos X convencional y portatil. Implicaciones en un contexto regional
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