English Dictionary

melting

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɛltɪŋ/

名詞

比喩的用法

The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point. / (figuratively) The act of softening or mitigating.

日本語の意味

固体が加熱によって液体に変わる過程（融解） / （比喩的に）和らげる、または柔らかくする行為

During the experiment, the melting of the alloy was carefully recorded as the temperature rose above the point at which it turns from a solid into a liquid.

実験中、合金の融解（固体から液体に変わる過程）は、その変化が起こる温度を超えると注意深く記録された。

意味（1）

The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.

Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.

意味（2）

(figuratively) The act of softening or mitigating.

meltings （ plural ）