LIQUEFYING

Verb

liquefying

present participle of liquefy; alternative spelling of liquifying

Source: Wiktionary


LIQUEFY

Liq"ue*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Liquefying.] Etym: [F. liquéfier, L. liquere to be liquid + facere, - ficare (in comp.), to make. See Liquid, and -fy.]

Definition: To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt; to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency of heat.

Liq"ue*fy, v. i.

Definition: To become liquid.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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