liquidus

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From Latin liquidus. Doublet of liquid.

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liquidus (plural liquidi or liquiduses)

1. (chemistry, physics) A line, in a phase diagram, above which a given substance is a stable liquid and below which solid and liquid are in equilibrium. [from 1900]

   Coordinate terms: solidus, solvus

• solidus

From liqueō (“I am liquid”) +‎ -idus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈli.kʷi.dus/, [ˈlʲɪkʷɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.kwi.dus/, [ˈliːkwid̪us]

liquidus (feminine liquida, neuter liquidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. liquid, fluid, flowing

   Antonym: solidus

2. clear, transparent, limpid
3. (figuratively) without interruption, smooth, fluid, flowing
4. (figuratively) clear, calm, serene, peaceful
5. (figuratively) unadulterated, unmixed, pure
6. (figuratively) clear, manifest, evident, obvious, certain

First/second-declension adjective.

• “liquidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “liquidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• liquidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• liquidus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016