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verb, -quat⋅ed, -quat⋅ing. Metallurgy| 1. | to heat (an alloy or mixture) sufficiently to melt the more fusible matter and thus to separate it from the rest, as in the refining of tin. |
| 2. | to become separated by such a fusion (often fol. by out). |
| li·quate (lī'kwāt') tr.v. li·quat·ed, li·quat·ing, li·quates To separate (the metals in an alloy) by melting the more fusible constituents while leaving the less fusible ones solid. [Latin liquāre, liquāt-, to melt.] li·qua'tion n. |
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