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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Liquation

/(lī̇*kwā"shŭn)/ · Li·qua·tion · IPA /lɪˈkweɪ.ʃən/
01 n. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.
  1. 1.
    The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.
  2. 2.
    The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.(Metal.)