fluellite

[Eng., ., fluorine; aluminium, and suff. -ite ( Min.) (q. v.).] Min .: A transparent mineral, composed of fluorine and aluminium. It is white in color, vitreous in luster, and has a hardne of 3. ( Dana . ) *flû-ençe, s . [Fr., from Lat. fluens , pr. par. of IMG:content-1813.png:[blocks in formation] par. of fluo =to flow.] A. As adjective : *1. Flowing; liquid; fluid. "It is not malleable; but yet is not fluent, but stupi fied."- Bacon . *2. Flowing, in motion, moving, not stationary. "Motion being a fluent thing it doth not fol low that because anything moves this moment, it must do so the next." -Ray: On the Creation. 3. Ready in the use of words; having command of a wide range of language; eloquent. "Fluent in words, and bold in peaceful councils." Rowe: Fair Penitent, ii. 4. Ready; copious; voluble; eloquent. "That fluent and sonorous elocution which was in his family a hereditary gift."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. B. As substantive: *1. Ord . Lang .: A stream, a current, a confluent. "And at the fluents of the ocean, Neare earth's extreame bounds, dwelt with him." Chapman: Hymne to Venus. 2. Math .: The variable or flowing quantity which, in the modern calculus, is called the function. fiû'-ent-lý, adv. [Eng. fluent ; -ly.] In a fluent, ready, or voluble manner; with fluency. flû'-ent-ne , s . [Eng. fluent; -ne .) The quality or state of being fluent; fluency. flû-eň, a. [Eng. flue (2), s.; -y.] Like flue or fluff; downy, fluffy.