congruent melting

[ kuhn-groo-uhnt mel-ting, kong-groo-, kuhng- ]

/ kənˈgru ənt ˈmɛl tɪŋ, ˈkɒŋ gru-, kəŋ- /

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the melting of a solid compound in which the composition of the resultant liquid is the same as that of the solid.

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First recorded in 1900–05

Alastair Sim had jowls like melting candle wax, a snarl like a cornered cat and eyes cold with contempt.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Idris Elba has, in the eyes of many, reached the melting point.
Idris Elba on Eric Garner, ‘Mi Mandela,’ and Selling Weed to Dave Chappelle|Marlow Stern|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It's often said that America is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities.
What It's Like To Be Ambiguously Ethnic|The Daily Beast Video|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Levant is already a far cry from the cosmopolitan melting pot it once was.
Beirut Letter: In Lebanon, Fighting ISIS With Culture and Satire|Kim Ghattas|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The glaciers are melting because snowfall is decreasing and temperatures are rising—bad news for wolverines.
Who Will Save the Wolverine? Not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|Doug Peacock|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
All the lower sky was pink, melting imperceptibly into the still pale blue of day.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
With a prickly heat suffusing my whole body and a melting sensation at the collar I struggled through the wretched lyric once.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
This motion is favoured by the gradual though incomplete melting of the flakes as the heat penetrates the mass.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
In a glacial district this snow mass above the melting line is called the névé.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
There was still the same yearning gaze, the same melting tenderness, but there was something more.
The Everlasting Arms|Joseph Hocking