‖n., or . [ NL.; electro- + Gr. poiw^n, p. pr. of poiei^n to make. ] (Elec.) An exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries, as the Grenet battery. Electropoion is best prepared by mixing one gallon of concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with three gallons of water, with a solution of six pounds of potassium bichromate in two gallons of boiling water. It should be used cold. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. fluidus, fr. fluere to flow: cf. F. fluide. See Fluent. ] Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species. Water, air, and steam are fluids. By analogy, the term was sometimes applied to electricity and magnetism, as in phrases electric fluid, magnetic fluid, though not strictly appropriate; such usage has disappeared. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Fluid dram, or
Fluid drachm, a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce. --
Fluid ounce. (a) In the United States, a measure of capacity, in apothecaries' or wine measure, equal to one sixteenth of a pint or 29.57 cubic centimeters. This, for water, is about 1.04158 ounces avoirdupois, or 455.6 grains. (b) In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains. --
Fluids of the body. (Physiol.) The circulating blood and lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle serum are the more important fluids of the body. The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water. --
Burning fluid,
Elastic fluid,
Electric fluid,
Magnetic fluid, etc. See under Burning, Elastic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 thew molten material before solidification; -- also called fluxion structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fluidité. ] The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aëriform, or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was this want of organization, this looseness and fluidity of the new movement, that made it penetrate through every class of society. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fluidized p. pr. & vb. n. Fluidizing. ] To render fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being fluid; fluidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Fluid ounce, under Fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Fluid dram, under Fluid. Pharm. of the U. S. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. -ized p. pr. & vb. n. -izing ] [ (J. J. Lloyd) Margary, inventor of the process + -ize. ] To impregnate (wood) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate (often called . [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Biol.) An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Imperfectly fluid. -- n. A semifluid substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. super above + fluitans, p. pr. of fluitare intensive fr. fluere to flow. ] Floating above or on the surface. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. -- Su`per*flu"i*tance n. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Superfluities [ L. superfluité, L. superfluitas. See Superfluous. ] 1. A greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; as, a superfluity of water; a superfluity of wealth. [ 1913 Webster ]

A quiet mediocrity is still to be preferred before a troubled superfluity. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or quality of being superfluous; excess. “By a superfluity abominable.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something beyond what is needed; something which serves for show or luxury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Superabundance; excess; redundancy. [ 1913 Webster ]