liquefaction
noun
Forms liquefactions liquefication liquification liquifaction
- noun The process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).
- noun The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.
Etymology
From Middle English liquefaction, from Middle French liquefaction (modern French liquéfaction), from Medieval Latin liquefactiō.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.
- noun The state of being liquid.
Etymology [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. See Liquefy.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “liquefaction”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details