noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
semisolid
Technical term used in chemistry, materials science, and related fields to describe a state between solid and liquid.
この物質は室温で半固体の状態をとる。
This substance takes on a semisolid state at room temperature.
半固体の食品は加工が難しい。
Semisolid foods are difficult to process.
液体 means 'liquid', the fully fluid state, whereas 半固体 is more viscous and partially solid.
Compound of 半 (half) and 固体 (solid), directly describing a state that is halfway between solid and liquid.