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| flue | An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; especially., A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes. Flue boiler. See Boiler. Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace. Flue plate, the aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases. Origin: Cf. OF. Flue a flowing, fr. Fluer to flow, fr. L. Fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. A corruption of E. Flute. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| fluence | A measure of the quantity of x-radiation in a beam in diagnostic radiology, either particle fluence, the number of photons entering a sphere of unit cross-sectional area, or energy fluence, the sum of the energies of the photons passing through a unit area. Compare: flux. Origin: L. Fluentia, a flowing, fr. Fluo, to flow (05 Mar 2000) |
| fluent | 1. A current of water; a stream. 2. [Cf. F. Fluente. <mathematics> A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fluent aphasia | Aphasia in which there is impairment in the comprehension of spoken and written words, associated with effortless, articulated, but paraphrasic, speech and writing; malformed words, substitute words, and enologisms are charcteristic. When severe, and speech is incomprehensible, it is called jargon aphasia. The patient often appears unaware of his deficit. Synonym: fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, posterior aphasia, psychosensory aphasia, receptive aphasia, Wernicke's aphasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
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eloquence: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" skillfulness in speaking or writing the quality of being facile in speech and writing
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Wernicke's aphasia: aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words
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smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina" eloquent: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"
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a type of receptive aphasia in which speech is well articulated with satisfactory melodic intonation, syllable stress, and phrasing but has gross errors in grammatical structure and is lacking in content.
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a result of learning defined in terms of frequency, accuracy and appropriate stimulus control, which produces retention, endurance, application, and performance stability of the changed action.
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| flue | a conduit to carry off smoke |
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| flue | organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip |
| flue | flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor |
| flue | organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip |
| flue | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
| flue | a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore |
| flue | the quality of being facile in speech and writing |
| flue | skillfulness in speaking or writing |
| flue | powerful and effective language |
| flue | expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively |
| flue | smooth and unconstrained in movement |
| flue | easy and graceful in shape |
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