fI shər noun 1. a narrow crevice or other opening, esp. one caused by splitting. Steam issued from the fissures in the earth. “Republican Fissures Deepen as Feuding Candidates Rip Up Loyalty…
critical mass
krI tih kəl maes noun 1. the minimum mass of fissionable material necessary to sustain a nuclear chain reaction. 2. the amount or number necessary or sufficient to cause an effect or…
deliquesce
de lə kwes intransitive verb 1. to melt away; dissolve. The old local order has been broken up or is now being broken up all over the earth, and everywhere societies deliquesce, everywhere men are afloat amidst the wreckage of their flooded conventions, and still tremendously unaware of the thing that has happened.(H.G. Wells, A Modern Utopia) 2. to dissolve gradually and change into a liquid by absorbing moisture from the air….
coagulate
ko aeg yə leIt transitive verb to cause (a liquid) to thicken into a semisolid mass. Enzymes coagulate the milk in the cheese-making process. intransitive verb of a liquid, to become thicker;…
crystallize
krI stə laIz transitive verb 1. to convert into or cause to become crystals. Boiling the juice crystallizes the sugar. 2. to put into a clearly defined form. The new information helped…