Fluent \Flu"ent\, n.

1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]

2. [Cf. F. fluente.]

(Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fluent \Flu"ent\, a. [L. fluens, -entis, p. pr. of fluere to flow; cf. Gr. ? to boil over. Cf. Fluctuate, Flux.]

1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech.

With most fluent utterance. --Denham.

Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. --De Quincey.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)