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Liquation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act or operation of melting.

2. The capacity of being melted; as a substance congealed beyond liquation

Liquation [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.

2. The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.