"eliquation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eliquations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin eliquatio, from eliquare (“to clarify, strain”), from e + liquare (“to make liquid, melt”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|eliquatio}} Latin eliquatio Head templates: {{en-noun}} eliquation (plural eliquations)
  1. (metallurgy) 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. Categories (topical): Metallurgy

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