Lī-quā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. liquatio, Fr. liquation, Sp. licuacion, It. liquazione.]

1. The act or operation of melting.
2. The capacity of being melted; as, a substance congealed beyond liquation.
3. (Metal.) The process of separating, by a regulated heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.