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De - Pt| English Dictionary: liquefaction | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for liquefaction | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Liquefaction \Liq`ue*fac"tion\ (-f[acr]k"sh[ucr]n), n. [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liqu[82]faction. 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) The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by means of cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen. | |
