liquescent

• Adjetivo raro e literário que descreve algo que está se tornando líquido ou derretendo; praticamente não é usado no português contemporâneo.

An obsolete adjective describing something that is becoming liquid or melting; rarely used in modern English.

1. Becoming liquidC1formalscientific

   Tending to become liquid; melting or becoming fluid.

   Tornando-se líquido

   • The wax became liquescent under the heat of the candle.
   • Some metals reach a liquescent state at high temperatures.
   • The liquescent substance slowly dripped down the test tube.

   Sinônimosdeliquescentdissolvingmelting

   Antônimoscoagulatedfrozensolidsolidified