fluent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively

   Goethe was fluent in German.

2. 2
   adj

   That flows; flowing, liquid.

   fluent handwriting

3. 3
   adj

   Able to use a language accurately, rapidly, and confidently.

   She's fluent in French.

4. 4
   adj

   Being or relating to a fluent interface.

   The payment processor offers a fluent API.

5. 5
   adj

   smooth and unconstrained in movement

6. 6
   noun

   A continuous variable, especially one with respect to time in Newton's Method of Fluxions.

Etymology

From Latin fluens (“flowing”), present active participle of fluō (“to flow”).