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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fluent \Flu"ent\, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called in the modern calculus, the {function} or {integral}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fluent \Flu"ent\, a. [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr of fluere to flow; cf Gr ? to boil over Cf {Fluctuate}, {Flux}.] 1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving 2. Ready in the use of words voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as a fluent speaker; hence flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. --Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. --De Quincey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fluent adj 1: easy and graceful in shape; "a yacht with long, fluent curves" 2: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose" [syn: {flowing}, {fluid}, {liquid}, {smooth}] 3: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn: {eloquent}, {facile}, {silver}, {silver-tongued}, {smooth-spoken}]
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