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- Dictionarysemi-fluid/sɛmɪˈfluːɪd/
adjective
- 1. having a thick consistency between solid and liquid: "the Earth's semi-fluid lower mantle"
noun
- 1. a semi-fluid substance.
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The meaning of SEMIFLUID is having the qualities of both a fluid and a solid : viscous. How to use semifluid in a sentence.
Noun. Singular: semifluid. Plural: semifluids. Origin of Semifluid. semi- +"Ž fluid. From Wiktionary. Semifluid Sentence Examples. The protoplasm of a living cell con.sists of a semifluid granular substance, called the cytoplasm, one or more nuclei, and sometimes centrosomes and plastids.
In the second place, there was the fluid or semi-fluid content (the sap); and, thirdly, the firm nucleus enclosed in the sap.
Imperfectly fluid. Etymology: semi and fluid. Phlegm, or petuite, is a sort of semifluid, it being so far solid that one part draws along several other parts adhering to it, which doth not happen in a perfect fluid, and yet no part will draw the whole mass, as happens in a perfect solid.
Define semifluid. semifluid synonyms, semifluid pronunciation, semifluid translation, English dictionary definition of semifluid. adj. Intermediate in flow properties between solids and liquids; highly viscous. sem′i·flu′id n. sem′i·flu·id′i·ty n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...
noun. 2. a substance that has such properties because of high viscosity. tar is a semifluid. Also: semiliquid.
Chyme or chymus (/ k aɪ m /; from Greek χυμός khymos, "juice" [1] [2]) is the semi-fluid mass of partly digested food that is expelled by the stomach, through the pyloric valve, into the duodenum [3] (the beginning of the small intestine).
