fluidic
Pertaining to flow
Fluidic describes systems or devices that use pressurized fluid rather than electricity to perform control functions.
Fluidic logic circuits, amplifiers, and sensors operate through the interaction of liquid or gas streams: fluidic technology, fluidic oscillators.
The term belongs primarily to engineering contexts.
More generally, fluidic can simply mean relating to or resembling fluid.
Miniaturized diagnostic analysis platform
- MEMSMicroscale electromechanical devices
- pneumaticsPhysics of gas mechanics
- hydraulicsStudy of pressurized liquids
- actuatorsMovement-producing mechanisms
valves · pumps · biosensors · biochips · microchannels · capillary action · piezoelectric · inkjet
Directed flow of charge
- streamSteady continuous flow
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
- gushFlow out forcefully
- trickleThin, slow stream
eddy · swirl · laminar · turbulent · vortex · jet · spray · pulse
Clear essential liquid
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
- mercuryLiquid metallic element
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- serumBlood's watery portion
latex · coolant · lubricant · plasma · slurry · emulsion · suspension · solvent
Active and changing
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- seamlessWithout visible joins
- undulatingMoving in waves
rippling · wavelike · pulsating · streaming · coursing · meandering · sinuous · serpentine
Able to bend freely
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- responsiveQuick to react
- adjustableAble to be changed
- conformableWilling to accord with
reconfigurable · variable · modular · versatile · shape-shifting · morphing · deformable · yielding
lab-on-a-chip
Miniaturized diagnostic analysis platform
- MEMSMicroscale electromechanical devices
- pneumaticsPhysics of gas mechanics
- hydraulicsStudy of pressurized liquids
actuators · valves · pumps · biosensors · biochips · microchannels · capillary action · piezoelectric · inkjet · fuel injection
current
Directed flow of charge
trickle · eddy · swirl · laminar · turbulent · vortex · jet · spray · pulse · oscillation
water
Clear essential liquid
serum · latex · coolant · lubricant · plasma · slurry · emulsion · suspension · solvent · glycerin
dynamic
Active and changing
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- seamlessWithout visible joins
undulating · rippling · wavelike · pulsating · streaming · coursing · meandering · sinuous · serpentine · rhythmic
flexible
Able to bend freely
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- responsiveQuick to react
- adjustableAble to be changed
conformable · reconfigurable · variable · modular · versatile · shape-shifting · morphing · deformable · yielding · compliant
fluidicsolid
Firm matter state
rigid · static · fixed · stiff · inflexible
fluidicmechanical
Operated by machinery
electronic · digital · discrete · pneumatic · static
- lighter fluidFlammable liquid for ignition
- fluid ounceLiquid volume measurement unit
- body fluidLiquid within organisms
- correction fluidLiquid error concealer
- brake fluidHydraulic stopping medium
- bodily fluidLiquid from organisms