Liquefaction
41liquefaction — liq·ue fac·tion || ‚lɪkwɪ fækʃn n. process of causing to become liquid, transformation into a liquid …
42Liquefaction — The process of making synthetic liquid fuel from coal. The term also is used to mean a method for making large amounts of gasoline and heating oil from petroleum. California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms …
43liquefaction — n. Melting, dissolving, thawing, fusion, dissolution …
44liquefaction — noun (U) technical the act of making something a liquid or of becoming a liquid …
45liquefaction — liq·ue·fac·tion …
46liquefaction — liq•ue•fac•tion [[t]ˌlɪk wəˈfæk ʃən[/t]] n. 1) phs the act or process of liquefying 2) phs the state of being liquefied • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < LL liquefactiō < L liquefac(ere) to melt, liquefy liq ue•fac′tive, adj …
47liquefaction — Enzymatic digestion (often by alpha amylase) of gelatinized starch to form lower molecular weight polysaccharides …
48liquefaction — noun the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid • Derivationally related forms: ↑liquefy • Hypernyms: ↑phase change, ↑phase transition, ↑state change, ↑physical change • Hyponyms: ↑ …
49liquefaction necrosis — liquefactive necrosis necrosis in which the necrotic material becomes softened and liquefied; called also colliquative n …
50Soil liquefaction — describes the behavior of loose saturated unconsolidated soils, i.e. loose sands, which go from a solid state to have the consistency of a heavy liquid, or reach a liquefied state as a consequence of increasing porewater pressures, and thus… …
