Definition of Fluidize

1. v. t. To render fluid.

Definition of Fluidize

1. Verb. To give particles of solid the properties of a fluid, either by shaking or by injecting gas ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fluidize

1. to cause to flow like a fluid [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluidize

fluidifications
fluidified
fluidifies
fluidify
fluidifying
fluidise
fluidised
fluidised-bed boiler
fluidises
fluidising
fluidism
fluidities
fluidity
fluidization
fluidizations
fluidize (current term)
fluidized
fluidized bed
fluidizer
fluidizers
fluidizes
fluidizing
fluidless
fluidlike
fluidly
fluidness
fluidnesses
fluidodynamics
fluidounce
fluidounces

Literary usage of Fluidize

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

1. Alcohol and the Brain (1993)
"Chin and Goldstein (1977) found that alcohol is able to disorder, or fluidize, the membranes of many cells, including nerve membranes of brain cells (see ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"One of the men suggested putting the catalyst in a bed and passing oil vapor upward into the bed to cause it to fluidize. This was done, and within a few ..."

3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... fluidize, render fluid. fluidique, a. fluidic, fluid. fluidité, /. fluidity, fluidness; fluency. flu о bo га te» m. ..."

4. Dioxin Treatment Technologies by Florence Poillon (1994)
"... soil, or sludge waste.63 The Ogden CBC system uses high-velocity air to fluidize the bed particles and create a highly turbulent combustion loop. ..."

5. Pressure Ulcers in Adults: Prediction & Prevention (1992)
"... devices that uses a high flow rate of air to fluidize a fine particulate material such as sand to produce a support medium that has characteristics very ..."

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