Lexic.us

Definition of Fluent

1. Adjective. Smooth and unconstrained in movement. "The liquid grace of a ballerina"

2. Adjective. Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively. "Silver speech"

Definition of Fluent

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

2. n. A current of water; a stream.

Definition of Fluent

1. Adjective. That flows; flowing, liquid. ¹

2. Adjective. (linguistics) Able to speak a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently – in a ''flowing'' way. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluent

1. spoken or written with effortless ease [adj] : FLUENTLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Fluent

1. 1. A current of water; a stream. 2. [Cf. F. Fluente. A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluent

flue pipe flue stop flued fluegelhorn fluegelhorns flueless fluelike fluellen fluellin fluellins

fluellite fluence fluences fluencies fluency fluent (current term) fluent aphasia fluently fluentness fluents

flueric fluerics flues fluework flueworks fluey flufenacet flufenamic acid

Literary usage of Fluent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition by Charles Hutton, Robert Adrain (1831)
"To find the fluent of C2 _ _a x5 EXAM. 10. To find the fluent of (-' + ... To find the fluent of r- 1— x4' f . EXAM. 17. To find the fluent of EXAM. 18. ..."

2. A Course of Mathematics: In Three Volumes : Composed for the Use of the by Charles Hutton (1811)
"But the sum of all the as, is the same as the fluent of db, and b is the same as the fluent of b ; therefore the general expression for thé distance of the ..."

3. A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition by Charles Hutton, Robert Adrain (1831)
"To find the fluent of EXAM. 10. To find the fluent of f— + 3] ^r Qw v* y' EXAM. ... To find the fluent of — or-i-'j ax a EXAM. 13. To find the fluent of ..."

4. A Treatise on Fluxions by Colin MacLaurin (1801)
"y be then equal to e, and z equal toy"; and the fluent will be ax + bx y— e — ex "ZJ. For the whole fluent may be expressed by ax + by - cz + K, ..."

5. The Mathematical Questions, Proposed in the Ladies' Diary, and Their by Thomas Leybourn (1817)
"Now to find A and в, since • A= *-7- \/(l — |ж2), the fluent is A — \¡4 X arc, ... X fluent + r - .;.* X fluent ^ , — x^x). The correct fluent of the first ..."

6. The Principles of Fluxions: Designed for the Use of Students in the Universities by William Dealtry (1816)
"Given the fluent of - — r (A) ; to find the *v Assume л;3 х (cf + x*) —p-, then, by taking the fluxion and reducing the expression, we have — За'хЛ л ..."

7. Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to ...by Bonnie B. Armbruster by Bonnie B. Armbruster (2002)
"In tape-assisted reading, students read along in their books as they hear a fluent reader read the book on an audiotape. For tape-assisted reading, ..."

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