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Fluency — (also called volubility and loquaciousness) is the property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise. peech and Language PathologyFluency is a speech and language pathology term that means the smoothness or… … Wikipedia
Fluency — Flu en*cy, n. [L. fluentia: cf. F. fluence. See {Fluent}.] The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility. [1913 Webster] The art of expressing with fluency and perspicuity. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fluency — [flo͞o′ən sē] n. 〚LL fluentia < L fluens: see FLUENT〛 the quality or condition of being fluent, esp. in speech or writing * * * See fluent. * * * … Universalium
fluency — index facility (easiness), parlance, skill Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fluency — (n.) 1620s, abundance, later smooth and easy flow (1630s), from FLUENT (Cf. fluent) + CY (Cf. cy). Replaced earlier fluence (c.1600) … Etymology dictionary
fluency — [flo͞o′ən sē] n. [LL fluentia < L fluens: see FLUENT] the quality or condition of being fluent, esp. in speech or writing … English World dictionary
Fluency Voice Technology — Infobox Company company name = Fluency Voice Technology company company type = Privately held company slogan = foundation = 1998 location city = London and Philadelphia location country = UK and USA industry = Enterprise Speech Technology, Call… … Wikipedia
fluency — n. 1) to acquire fluency 2) to demonstrate, display fluency 3) fluency in (fluency in a foreign language) 4) fluency to + inf. (she has enough fluency to order a meal in English) * * * [ fluːənsɪ] display fluency to acquire fluency to demonstrate … Combinatory dictionary
fluency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ oral, verbal ▪ reading VERB + FLUENCY ▪ achieve, acquire, develop ▪ … Collocations dictionary
fluency — UK [ˈfluːənsɪ] / US [ˈfluənsɪ] noun [singular/uncountable] 1) the ability to speak a foreign language very well The job requires fluency in Spanish. 2) a clear and confident way of expressing yourself without seeming to make an effort He writes… … English dictionary
Fluency heuristic — A fluency heuristic in psychology is a mental heuristic where, if one out of two objects is processed more fluently, faster, or more smoothly, the mind infers that this object has the higher value with respect to what question is being considered … Wikipedia
