Definition of Fluidics

1. Noun. The branch of engineering and technology that is concerned with the construction of devices that use the flow and pressure of a fluid in circuits analagous to electronic ones ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluidics

1. a branch of mechanical engineering [n] : FLUIDIC [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluidics

fluid mechanics
fluid mosaic model
fluid ounce
fluid ounces
fluid retention
fluid retinopexy
fluid shifts
fluid therapy
fluid wave
fluidal
fluidally
fluidextract
fluidextracts
fluidglycerates
fluidic
fluidics (current term)
fluidification
fluidifications
fluidified
fluidifies
fluidify
fluidifying
fluidise
fluidised
fluidised-bed boiler
fluidises
fluidising
fluidism
fluidities
fluidity

Literary usage of Fluidics

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

1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"In fluidics, S3I possesses the strongest single body of expertise within the government. ... The main building block of laminar-flow fluidics is the laminar ..."

2. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"C Depending upon the size of the fluidics and the distances, moving 10 microliters in 5 seconds should be possible. d There are no hard data on rapid ..."

3. Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications edited by Constance A. Morella (2001)
"NIST performs research on the new area of micro fluidics, a critical technology for the movement and control of small amounts of biological liquids to ..."

4. Ending the War Metaphor: The Changing Agenda for Unraveling the Host-Microbe by Forum on Microbial Threats, Institute of Medicine (U.S.) (2006)
"To produce microarray-based in vitro diagnostic devices for clinical use, scientists must couple DNA microarray technology with micro- fluidics. ..."

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