incongruent melting

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

/ ˌɪn kənˈgru ənt ˈmɛl tɪŋ, -ˈkɒŋ gru-, -kəŋˈgru- /

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noun Chemistry.

the melting of a solid compound in which the composition of the resultant liquid is different from that of the solid.

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Origin of incongruent melting

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby incongruent melting

Inconel, in confidence, inconformity, incongruence, incongruent, incongruent melting, incongruity, incongruous, inconnu, in conscience, inconscient

How to use incongruent melting in a sentence

Alastair Sim had jowls like melting candle wax, a snarl like a cornered cat and eyes cold with contempt.
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Idris Elba has, in the eyes of many, reached the melting point.
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It's often said that America is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities.
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The Levant is already a far cry from the cosmopolitan melting pot it once was.
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The glaciers are melting because snowfall is decreasing and temperatures are rising—bad news for wolverines.
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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