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melting
(encz) | melting,dojemný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
melting
(encz) | melting,tající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
melting
(encz) | melting,tání Zdeněk Brož |
melting
(encz) | melting,tavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Melting
(gcide) | Melting \Melt"ing\ a.
Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or
figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting
mood. -- Melt"ing*ly, adv.
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Melting
(gcide) | Melt \Melt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Melted (obs.) p. p. Molten;
p. pr. & vb. n. Melting.] [AS. meltan; akin to Gr.
me`ldein, E. malt, and prob. to E. smelt, v. [root]108. Cf.
Smelt, v., Malt, Milt the spleen.]
1. To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to
liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or
snow.
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2. Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to
relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences;
sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of;
to weaken.
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Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth.
--Shak.
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For pity melts the mind to love. --Dryden.
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Syn: To liquefy; fuse; thaw; mollify; soften.
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Melting
(gcide) | Melting \Melt"ing\, n.
Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the
process of becoming melted.
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Melting point (Chem.), the degree of temperature at which a
solid substance melts or fuses; as, the melting point of
ice is 0[deg] Centigrade or 32[deg] Fahr., that of urea is
132[deg] Centigrade. Pressure affects the melting point
somewhat, and if not specified the melting point is
usually taken to be at atmospheric pressure.
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melting
(wn) | melting
adj 1: becoming liquid [syn: liquescent, melting]
n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to
a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes
several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting] |
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melting
(encz) | melting,dojemný adj: Zdeněk Brožmelting,tající adj: Zdeněk Brožmelting,tání Zdeněk Brožmelting,tavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
melting point
(encz) | melting point,bod tání n: Zdeněk Brož |
melting pot
(encz) | melting pot,tavicí kotel n: Zdeněk Brož |
meltingly
(encz) | meltingly,něžně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
smelting
(encz) | smelting,natavování n: Zdeněk Brožsmelting,tavící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
smelting plant
(encz) | smelting plant,huť Zdeněk Brož |
smelting works
(encz) | smelting works,huť Zdeněk Brož |
Melting point
(gcide) | Melting \Melt"ing\, n.
Liquefaction; the act of causing (something) to melt, or the
process of becoming melted.
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Melting point (Chem.), the degree of temperature at which a
solid substance melts or fuses; as, the melting point of
ice is 0[deg] Centigrade or 32[deg] Fahr., that of urea is
132[deg] Centigrade. Pressure affects the melting point
somewhat, and if not specified the melting point is
usually taken to be at atmospheric pressure.
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Melting pot
(gcide) | Melting pot \Melt"ing pot\ n.
1. A vessel in which anything is melted; a crucible.
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2. (Sociology) (fig.) A place where people of different
backgrounds become similar in culture. The United States
has often been referred to as a melting pot, though the
differences in cultures of recently arrived immigrants
persists beyond the generation of immigrants.
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Meltingly
(gcide) | Melting \Melt"ing\ a.
Causing to melt; becoming melted; -- used literally or
figuratively; as, a melting heat; a melting appeal; a melting
mood. -- Melt"ing*ly, adv.
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Smelting
(gcide) | Smelt \Smelt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smelted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Smelting.] [Of foreign origin; cf. Sw. sm[aum]lta, D.
smelten, Dan. smelte, Icel. smelta, G. schmelzen OHG.
smelzan, smelzen; probably akin to Gr. ?????. Cf. Enamel,
Melt, Mute, v. i., Smalt.] (Metal.)
To melt or fuse, as, ore, for the purpose of separating and
refining the metal; hence, to reduce; to refine; to flux or
scorify; as, to smelt tin.
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a. & n. from Smelt.
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Smelting furnace (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are
smelted or reduced.
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Smelting furnace
(gcide) | Smelting \Smelt"ing\,
a. & n. from Smelt.
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Smelting furnace (Metal.), a furnace in which ores are
smelted or reduced.
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melting
(wn) | melting
adj 1: becoming liquid [syn: liquescent, melting]
n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to
a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes
several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting] |
melting point
(wn) | melting point
n 1: the temperature below which a liquid turns into a solid
[syn: freezing point, melting point] |
melting pot
(wn) | melting pot
n 1: an environment in which many ideas and races are socially
assimilated
2: a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for
high temperature chemical reactions [syn: crucible,
melting pot] |
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