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Webster 1913 Edition
Melting
Melt′ing
,Noun.
Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.
Melting point
(Chem.)
, the degree of temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses;
as, the
. Pressure affects the melting point somewhat, and if not specified the melting point is usually taken to be at atmospheric pressure.melting point
of ice is 0° Centigrade or 32° Fahr., that of urea is 132° CentigradeMelt′ing
Adj.
Causing to melt; becoming melted; – used literally or figuratively;
– as, a
. melting
heat; a melting
appeal; a melting
moodMelt′ing-ly
, adv.
Webster 1828 Edition
Melting
MELT'ING
,ppr.
1.
a. Tending to soften; softening into tenderness; as melting eloquence.MELT'ING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
melting
melting
English
Verb
melting
- present participle of melt
Adjective
melting (comparative more melting, superlative most melting)
- Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying.
- Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, I.i:
- What guards the purities of melting maids, / In courtly balls, and midnight masquerades [...]?
- 1714, Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, I.i:
Noun
melting (plural meltings)
- The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
- 2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8835, page 80:
- Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
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Translations
process of changing the state of a substance
Icelandic
Etymology
From melta (“to digest”) + -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛl̥tiŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɛl̥tiŋk
Noun
melting f (genitive singular meltingar, no plural)
Declension
declension of melting
| f-s1 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | melting | meltingin |
| accusative | meltingu | meltinguna |
| dative | meltingu | meltingunni |
| genitive | meltingar | meltingarinnar |
Derived terms
- meltingarfæri