liquefaction
pronunciation
How to pronounce liquefaction in British English:
UK [ˌlɪkwɪ'fækʃən]
How to pronounce liquefaction in American English:
US [ˌlɪkwɪ'fækʃən]
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- Noun:
- the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
Word Origin
- liquefaction (n.)
- late 15c., from French liquéfaction, from Late Latin liquefactionem (nominative liquefactio), noun of action from past participle stem of liquefacere "to make liquid, melt" (see liquefy).
Example
- 1. Building a liquefaction facility is highly capital-intensive .
- 2. Shell is working on a plan to install the world 's first floating liquefaction plant at two fields north of gorgon .
- 3. In its first 12 months , the experimental liquefaction facility in ordos expects to produce more than a million tonnes of vehicle fuel .
- 4. Efforts are now under way to convert idle regasification terminals into liquefaction facilities , in order to export lng .
- 5. Last year , the government blocked several new proposals for coal liquefaction facilities .