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Name one property of liquids and gases which tells us that therir molecules are moving constantly.

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Diffusion is the property of liquids and gases, which shows that their molecules move continuously.

The molecules of liquid and gases are moving randomly in all directions even in absence of any external source. This was discovered by the Scottish scientist Robert Brown. And the property of random motion of molecules is known as Brownian movement.

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