Liq'ue-fac'tion, n.

(līk'we-fāk'shun), n. [Fr. liqué-faction, Pr. liquefactio, Sp. licuefaccion, It. lique-fazione. See LIQUEFY.]

1. The act or operation of melting or dissolving; the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat or caloric; — sometimes specially applied to the melting of substances which pass through intermediate states of softness before they become fluid, as tallow, wax, resin, &c.
2. The state of being melted.