Lexic.us

Definition of Melting

1. Noun. The process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid. "The thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

Definition of Melting

1. n. Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted.

2. a. Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting mood.

Definition of Melting

1. Verb. (present participle of melt) ¹

2. Adjective. Which is melting, dissolving or liquefying. ¹

3. Adjective. Given over to strong emotion; tender; aroused; emotional, tearful. ¹

4. Noun. The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Melting

1. melt [v] - See also: melt

Medical Definition of Melting

1. Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the process of becoming melted. Melting point, the degree of temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses; as, the melting point of ice is 0 deg Centigrade or 32 deg Fahr, that of urea is 132 deg Centigrade. Melting pot, a vessel in which anything is melted; a crucible. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Melting

Literary usage of Melting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Smithsonian Physical Tables by Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Eugene Fowle (1916)
"TRANSFORMATION AND melting TEMPERATURES OF LIME-ALUM^ SILICA COMPOUNDS AND EUTECTIC MIXTURES. The majority of these determinations are by GA Rankin. ..."

2. A Text-book of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1904)
"CHAPTER XII. CHANGE OF STATE. SOLID—LIQUID. melting of Ice and melting of Wax—melting of Ice at a Definite Point and on the Surface only—Latent ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The plant being prepared, the actual making of the glass is the successful inter- melting of the ingredients. The more refractory of these are ground very ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The accuracy of th<j "standard fineness" of the alloy after melting must be absolutely ascertained ; the alloy must be protected during manufacture against ..."

5. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"A description of simple types of reverberatory and revolving melting traces, the melting in double-walled vessels by the use of steam, the use of steam «»k. ..."

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