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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Liquefaction \Liq'ue*fac"tion\ (l[i^]k'w[-e]*f[a^]k"sh[u^]n), noun [L. liquefactio: cf. F. liqu['e]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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
liquefaction
noun: the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "liquefaction": chylifaction, chylification, flow, fluency, fluidity, fluidness, flux, fluxility, fluxion, juiciness, lactation, lactescence, liquidness, milkiness, moisture, rheuminess, sappiness, serosity, succulence, suppuration, wateriness
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