meltage

American  

[mel-tij] / ˈmɛl tɪdʒ /

noun

1. the amount melted melt or the result of melting. melt.

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meltage British  

/ ˈmɛltɪdʒ /

noun

1. the process or result of melting or the amount melted

   rapid meltage of ice

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Etymology

Origin of meltage

melt ¹ + -age

Example Sentences

With no premature meltage or jagged texture, this one was smooth sailing from the beginning of the bowl to the end.

From Slate

Wolfe warms up to the question of whether there's a contradiction between intention and effect when a sight that should be worrying — Chris Linder's shot of meltage on Greenland's ice cap, for instance — is so beautiful that its import may be lost.

From Seattle Times

Rapid meltage occurs so regularly that the author calls the sentence "the magic words."

From Time Magazine Archive

Iceman Uline guaranteed weight and measure, cut his cakes with a machine that left extra ice to allow for meltage.

From Time Magazine Archive