1. to cause a granular solid to behave like a fluid by passing gas or liquid through it
Usage: technical; chemistry/engineering

Examples

• The engineers fluidize the sand particles using compressed air.
• In the reactor, hot gases fluidize the catalyst bed.
• The process requires enough velocity to fluidize the powder.
• They fluidize the coal particles before combustion.
• The system can fluidize various granular materials.
• Researchers fluidize the beads to study mixing patterns.