liquefaction Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid

WordNet

Liq`ue*fac"tion noun
Etymology
L. liquefactio: cf. F. liquéfaction. See Liquefy.
Definitions
  1. The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; especially, the conversion of a solid into a liquid by the sole agency of heat.
  2. The state of being liquid.
  3. (Chem. Physics) The act, process, or method, of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid by cold or pressure; as, the liquefaction of oxygen or hydrogen.

Webster 1913