fluent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fluent	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fluent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fluent adj smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" Synonym(s): fluent, fluid, liquid, smooth expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" Synonym(s): eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken
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 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}.