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"word": "расплавленный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fusión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fundición"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "derretimiento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licuación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licuefacción"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "colicuación"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "smältning"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "process of changing the state of a substance",
"word": "erime"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"melting"
],
"word": "melting"
}
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