eliquation

Meaning

Noun

The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.

Origin

From Latin eliquatio, from eliquare, from e + liquare.

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