Meaning of LIQUEFACTION
| Pronunciation: | | `likwu'fakshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid |
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| | See Also: | | dissolution, dissolving, phase change, phase transition, physical change, state change | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Liq`ue*fac"tion\ (-f[a^]k"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
liquefactio: cf. F. liqu['e]faction. See {Liquefy}.]
1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid;
especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the
sole agency of heat.
2. The state of being liquid.
3. (Chem. Physics) The act, process, or method, of reducing a
gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure; as,
the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.
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| | Related Terms: | | chylifaction, chylification, flow, fluency, fluidity, fluidness, flux, fluxility, fluxion, juiciness, lactation, lactescence, liquidness, milkiness, moisture, rheuminess, sappiness, serosity, succulence, suppuration, wateriness |
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