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Webster 1913 Edition


Liquefaction

Liqˊue-fac′tion

(lĭkˊwē̍-făk′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[L.
liquefactio
: cf. F.
liquéfaction
. 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Liquefaction

LIQUEFAC'TION

,
Noun.
[L. liquefactio, from liquefacio.]
1.
The act or operation of melting or dissolving; the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat or caloric. Liquefaction, in common usage, signifies the melting of any substance, but by some authors it is applied to the melting of substances, which pass through intermediate states of softness before they become fluid, as tallow, was, resin, &c.
2.
The state of being melted.

Definition 2024


liquefaction

liquefaction

See also: liquéfaction

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Noun

liquefaction (countable and uncountable, plural liquefactions)

  1. Process of, or state of having been, made liquid.

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