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colliquefaction

colliquefaction noun: a melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.

Noun

colliquefaction (countable and uncountable, plural colliquefactions)

  1. (obsolete) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
    • the incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Forms of colliquefaction

pluralcolliquefactions

Origin of colliquefaction

From Latin colliquefactus (“melted”), from col- + liquefacere.

Questions about colliquefaction

What does colliquefaction mean?
Colliquefaction means a melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
What part of speech is colliquefaction?
Colliquefaction is a noun.
What is the plural of colliquefaction?
The plural of colliquefaction is colliquefactions.

Words near colliquefaction in the dictionary

  1. colliquates
  2. colliquating
  3. colliquation
  4. colliquations
  5. colliquative
  6. colliquefaction
  7. colliquefactions
  8. Collis
  9. Collishaw
  10. collision
  11. collision attack

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