adjective
- capable of or tending to cause liquefaction; having the property of converting a solid or gas into a liquid
Usage: technical; formal
Examples
- The liquefactive process requires extreme pressure and low temperature.
- Certain enzymes have liquefactive properties that break down solid materials.
- The liquefactive effect of the solvent made the powder dissolve quickly.
- Industrial applications often rely on liquefactive techniques to process gases.
- Heat can have a liquefactive effect on some polymers.