is: a material which is not a solid and which is incapable of sustaining tensile stress, uni-axial compressive stress or shear stresses in equilibrium but can only sustain uniform stress or volume stress (i.e. pressure). [P7.6]
more simply, is: any substance which can flow. This is usually taken to mean a liquid or a gas. [P7.2]
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