fusibility

American  

[fyoo-zuh-bil-i-tee] / ˌfyu zəˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

1. the quality of being fusible or convertible from a solid to a liquid state by heat.

2. the degree to which a substance is fusible.

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Other Word Forms

• nonfusibility noun
• unfusibility noun

Etymology

Origin of fusibility

From the French word fusibilité, dating back to 1615–25. See fusible, -ity

Example Sentences

Chemists and metallurgists, have endeavoured to determine the degree of fusibility of the earths when mixed with each other; but their researches have shed but little light upon the management of blast furnaces.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

Thus, from the specific gravities, or the degrees of fusibility, of two metals, those of the compound cannot be predicted.

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

Rowley Rag.—The fusibility of basalt having been theoretically demonstrated, Mr. Henry Adcock, C.E., in 1851 took out letters patent for the manufacture of a number of articles from the Rowley ragstone.

From Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Harman, Thomas T.

It can only be said that these impurities, as far as we are aware, increase the fusibility of iron, and that in an oxidizing flame oxidation becomes more excessive as the point of fusion approaches.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Thus, we have a species of coal in which we shall find but a small degree of fusibility, although it may not be charred in any degree.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James