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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"
Similar to: Articulate
Derivative terms: Elocute, Eloquence, Facility, Fluency, Fluency, Fluency
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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluent
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, ..."