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liquefaction

[lik-wuh-fak-shuhn] / ˌlɪk wəˈfæk ʃən /




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Liquefaction facilities, meanwhile, are highly specialized engineering megaprojects that take years to construct and significantly longer to repair than conventional oil fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Liquefaction can cause structures to tilt, or it can lead to a more dramatic phenomenon known as “lateral spreading” in which buildings on suddenly fluid soil slide down gentle slopes, such as toward river banks.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2024

Dominating that cyborg skyline is the tower flare at the Corpus Christi Liquefaction facility, owned by gas giant Cheniere.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023

Liquefaction, Dr. Tingay and his colleagues argue, is accompanied by large gas expulsions, which would have been detected in the well.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2015

Research on the Liquefaction of Helium.—A research in advanced experimental physics upon the newly discovered element helium.—1 illustration.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 by Various




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