FLUENTS

Noun

fluents

plural of fluent

Anagrams

• nestful, netfuls, netsful

Source: Wiktionary


FLUENT

Flu"ent, a. Etym: [L. fluens, -entis, p.pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. Fluctuate, Flux.]

1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey.

Flu"ent, n.

1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]

2. Etym: [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.)

Definition: A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

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