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LIQUEFACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("liquefaction" is a kind of...):
phase change; phase transition; physical change; state change (a change from one state (solid or liquid or gas) to another without a change in chemical composition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liquefaction"):
dissolution; dissolving (the process of going into solution)
Derivation:
liquefy (become liquid or fluid when heated)
liquefy (make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating)
liquefy (become liquid)
