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Webster 1913 Edition

(lī̍-kwā′shŭn)

Noun.

[L.

liquatio

: cf. F.

liquation

The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.

(Metal.)

The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.

Noun.

[L. liquatio. See Liquate.]

The act or operation of melting.

The capacity of being melted; as a substance congealed beyond liquation.

liquation ‎(plural liquations)

(metallurgy) The partial melting of a mixture of metals or ores in order to separate components