fusibility
Americannoun
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the quality of being fusible or convertible from a solid to a liquid state by heat.
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the degree to which a substance is fusible.
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Etymology
Origin of fusibility
From the French word fusibilité, dating back to 1615–25. See fusible, -ity
Example Sentences
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Stahl taught that one essential property of an earth was fusibility by fire, with production of a substance more or less like glass.
From Heroes of Science Chemists by Muir, M. M. Pattison (Matthew Moncrieff Pattison)
They make use of a gray limestone, which is broke in the neighborhood, for promoting the fusibility of the ore; to that purpose they likewise employ a clay marl, which is found near this place.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George
The increase in weight of the metal and the augmentation of its fusibility were found to be due, in this case also, to a combination with silicon.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various
It appears to me to be composed of silex nearly or quite pure, and possesses, as I find on treatment with potash, the property of easy fusibility.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
It can only be said that these impurities, as far as we are aware, increase the fusibility of iron, and that in an oxidizing flame oxidation becomes more excessive as the point of fusion approaches.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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