Liquefy
['lɪkwɪfaɪ]
Definition
(verb.) become liquid or fluid when heated; 'the frozen fat liquefied'.
(verb.) make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; 'liquefy the silver'.
(verb.) become liquid; 'The garden air overnight liquefied into a morning dew'.
Editor: Rosanne--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To become liquid.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Melt, dissolve, fuse, make liquid.
Typist: Vilma
Definition
v.t. to make liquid: to dissolve.—v.i. to become liquid:—pa.t. and pa.p. liq′uefīed.—adj. Liquefā′cient.—n. Liquefac′tion the act or process of making liquid: the state of being melted.—adj. Liq′uefiable.—ns. Liq′uefier; Liquesc′ency.—adj. Liquesc′ent melting.
Typist: Vilma
Examples
- Rub the solids in a mortar until they liquefy, then add the oil of peppermint. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- To liquefy air it is compressed until its volume is reduced to 1/800, that is to say, 800 cubic feet of air are reduced to one cubic foot. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In Section 23 we saw that a fall of temperature caused water vapor to condense or liquefy. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the mixture was heated, the ammonia was driven over to the other end of the tube, immersed in a cold bath, and the ammonia gas became liquefied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Fresh accessions of air are furnished to the apparatus through valve 10 as fast as the air is liquefied. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Ammonia gas is liquefied by strong pressure and low temperature and is then allowed to flow into pipes which run through tanks containing salt water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The air we ourselves breathe must first be dissolved in the moisture in our lungs; and all our food must be liquefied before it can be assimilated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So very rapidly there went on a process of political crystallization in the confused and lawless sea into which the Western Empire had liquefied. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- New metals, chemicals, and elements had become available in large numbers, gases had been liquefied and solidified, and the range of useful heat and cold indefinitely extended. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The important step in liquefying air cheaply and on a large scale was accomplished by the discovery of what is known as the _self-intensifying_ action. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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