LIQUEFACTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid

Classified under:

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)