- the temperature at which a solid turns into a liquid. It is equal to the freezing point
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melt′ing point′, [Physical Chem.]
- Chemistrythe temperature at which a solid substance melts or fuses.
- 1835–45
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melting point n
'melting point' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Britannia metal
- Celsius scale
- Fahrenheit scale
- flux
- freezing point
- infusible
- mp
- rhenium
- asphaltite
- eutectic
- gallium
- gold point
- hafnium
- hardener
- heat of fusion
- high-density polyethylene
- indole
- international temperature scale
- low-density polyethylene
- tungsten
- ultrametamorphism
- silver point
- solder
- sponge
- sponge iron