liquefied

3 definitions found

liquefied - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  liquefied \liquefied\ adj.
     1. converted to a liquid; as, liquified natural gas;
        liquified coal..
  
     Syn: liquified.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     2. rendered liquid by heating; changed from a solid to a
        liquid state; melted.
  
     Syn: molten, liquified.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     3. rendered liquid by dissolution in a solvent; -- of solids.
  
     Syn: dissolved, liquified.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

  Liquefy \Liq"ue*fy\ (l[i^]k"w[-e]*f[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Liquefied (-f[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquefying
     (-f[imac]`[i^]ng).] [F. liqu['e]fier, L. liquere to be liquid
     + facere, -ficare (in comp.), to make. See Liquid, and
     -fy.]
     1. To convert from a solid form to that of a liquid; to melt;
        to dissolve; and technically, to melt by the sole agency
        of heat. [WordNet sense 1]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To convert from a gaseous form into a liquid; as, to
        liquefy natural gas.
        [PJC]

liquefied - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  liquefied
      adj 1: reduced to a liquid state; "liquefied petroleum gas"
             [syn: liquefied, liquified]
      2: reduced to liquid form by heating; "a mass of molten rock"
         [syn: molten, liquefied, liquified]