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Melting point   /mˈɛltɪŋ pɔɪnt/   Listen
Melting point

noun
1.
The temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid.  Synonym: freezing point.






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"Melting point" Quotes from Famous Books



... Inspecteur-General des Mines. Some charges of steel were produced; but here again the roof of the furnace melted down, and the company which had undertaken the trials gave them up. The temperature required for the manufacture of the steel was higher than the melting point of most fire-bricks. Further endeavours also led to disappointments; but in the end the inventor was successful. He erected experimental works at Birmingham, and gradually matured his process until it was so far advanced that it could ...
— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro



Words linked to "Melting point" :   freezing point, temperature



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