- liquating
- li·quate || 'laɪkweɪt v. become liquid, melt; separate by melting
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
liquating
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liquate — transitive verb (liquated; liquating) Etymology: Latin liquatus, past participle of liquare to make liquid; akin to Latin liquēre Date: circa 1859 to cause (a more fusible substance) to separate out of a combination or mixture by the application… … New Collegiate Dictionary
liquate — liquation /luy kway sheuhn, zheuhn/, n. /luy kwayt/, v., liquated, liquating. Metall. v.t. 1. to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin. v.i. 2. to… … Universalium
liquate — /ˈlaɪkweɪt/ (say luykwayt) verb (t) (liquated, liquating) 1. to heat (a metal, etc.) sufficiently to melt the more fusible portion and so separate a metal from impurities or other metals. –phrase 2. liquate out, to separate by such a fusion.… …
liquate — [lī′kwāt΄] vt. liquated, liquating [< L liquatus, pp. of liquare, to melt, akin to liquere: see LIQUID] Metallurgy to heat (a metal, etc.) in order to separate a fusible substance from one less fusible liquation n … English World dictionary
li|qua|tion — «ly KWAY shuhn», noun. 1. the process of liquating. 2. the separation of metals by fusion … Useful english dictionary
