infusible

¹ American  

[in-fyoo-zuh-buhl] / ɪnˈfyu zə bəl /

adjective

1. not fusible; incapable of being fused or melted.

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infusible ² American  

[in-fyoo-zuh-buhl] / ɪnˈfyu zə bəl /

adjective

1. capable of being infused.

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infusible ¹ British  

/ ɪnˈfjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. not fusible; not easily melted; having a high melting point

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infusible ² British  

/ ɪnˈfjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. capable of being infused

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Other Word Forms

• infusibility noun
• infusibleness noun
• noninfusibility noun

Etymology

Origin of infusible¹

First recorded in 1545–55; in- ³ + fusible

Origin of infusible²

First recorded in 1650–60; infuse + -ible

Example Sentences

President Clinton is expected to soon sign a bill repealing the decades-old restrictions that have divided brokerage and banking into infusible industries.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vanadium, van-ā′di-um, n. a rare metal somewhat resembling silver in appearance, very brittle and infusible, and unoxidisible either by air or water.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Incandescence is the white light emitted by a substance that is infusible when subjected to a high temperature.

From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton

The purest nickel was so infusible as not to run into a mass in the strongest heat of a smith's forge; but then it was in some degree malleable.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph

Diaspore, dī′a-spōr, n. a grayish, infusible hydrate of aluminium.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various