LIQUEFACTION

liquefaction

(noun) the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

liquefaction (countable and uncountable, plural liquefactions)

Process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas)

The liquid or semiliquid that results from this process.

Source: Wiktionary


Liq`ue*fac"tion, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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