latex — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fluid noun A substance, such as a liquid or gas, that flows and takes the shape of its container.
- latex noun The milky fluid produced by certain plants, especially rubber trees, that hardens on contact with air and is used to make rubber.
- liquid noun A substance, such as water, that flows freely and takes the shape of its container without a fixed shape of its own.
Senses
latex is used for these senses in English:
- fluid Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
- latex The milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
- liquid (physical chemistry) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which therefore retains no definite shape, except that determined by the containing receptacle; an inelastic fluid.
fluid — full definition
- noun A substance, such as a liquid or gas, that flows and takes the shape of its container.
- adj Changing easily or continuously; not fixed.
- adj Moving smoothly and gracefully.
latex — full definition
- noun The milky fluid produced by certain plants, especially rubber trees, that hardens on contact with air and is used to make rubber.
- noun A synthetic or natural rubber material used in gloves, paint, and other products.