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Italian: flussilità (scorrevolezza all'alimentazione)

English translation: fluidity






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Italian term or phrase:flussilità (scorrevolezza all'alimentazione)
English translation:fluidity
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Tech/Engineering - Metallurgy / Casting / welding etc.
Italian term or phrase: flussilità (scorrevolezza all'alimentazione)
From a paper discussing the use of tungsten carbides:

"Per la lora forma, che accresce la densità apparente della polvere facilitandone la flussilità (scorrevolezza all'alimentazione), sono poi molto adatti per depositi ottenuti per infiltrazione."
Alexander Chisholm
Italy
Local time: 13:36
fluidity
Explanation:
From word net dictionary
Fluidity

noun
1. the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer"



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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
flu·id·i·ty /fluˈɪdɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[floo-id-i-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the quality or state of being fluid.

2. Physics. a. the ability of a substance to flow.

b. a measure of this ability, the reciprocal of the coefficient of viscosity. Compare rhe.



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[Origin: 1595–1605; fluid + -ity]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
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rfmoon
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5fluidity
rfmoon
3flux/fluxility
Valeria Faber


  

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flux/fluxility


Explanation:
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o anche "feeding flux"

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o meglio "flux feeding"

Valeria Faber
Italy
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fluidity


Explanation:
From word net dictionary
Fluidity

noun
1. the property of flowing easily; "adding lead makes the alloy easier to cast because the melting point is reduced and the fluidity is increased"; "they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer"



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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-22 14:41:04 GMT)
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
flu·id·i·ty /fluˈɪdɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[floo-id-i-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the quality or state of being fluid.

2. Physics. a. the ability of a substance to flow.

b. a measure of this ability, the reciprocal of the coefficient of viscosity. Compare rhe.



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[Origin: 1595–1605; fluid + -ity]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.


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