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Webster 1913 Edition
Eliquation
Elˊi-qua′tion
,Noun.
[L.
eliquatio
, fr. eliquare
to clarify, strain; e
+ liquare
to make liquid, melt.] (Metallurgy)
The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Eliquation
ELIQUA'TION
,Noun.
In chimistry, the operation by which a more fusible substance is separated from one that is less so, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other; as an alloy of copper and lead.