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RUNNINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does runniness mean? 

RUNNINESS (noun)
  The noun RUNNINESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of flowing easilyplay

  Familiarity information: RUNNINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUNNINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of flowing easily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

fluidity; fluidness; liquidity; liquidness; runniness

Context example:

they believe that fluidity increases as the water gets warmer

Hypernyms ("runniness" is a kind of...):

thinness (a consistency of low viscosity)

Derivation:

runny (characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape)


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