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fluidize

[ floo-i-dahyz ]

verb (used with object)

fluidized, fluidizing.
  1. to make (something) fluid.
  2. Chemistry. to suspend or transport (finely divided particles) in a stream of gas or air.


verb (used without object)

fluidized, fluidizing.
  1. to become fluid.

fluidize

/ ˈڱːɪˌ岹ɪ /

verb

  1. tr to make fluid, esp to make (solids) fluid by pulverizing them so that they can be transported in a stream of gas as if they were liquids

    fluidized coal

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈڱܾˌ, noun
  • ˌڱܾ徱ˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ڱi··tDz noun
  • ڱi·e noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fluidize1

First recorded in 1850–55; fluid + -ize
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Example Sentences

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We identify a critical compositional tipping point, independently documented in the global geochemical record of rhyolites, at which rhyolitic melts fluidize or stiffen and that clearly separates effusive from explosive deposits worldwide.

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