melting point

See also: meltingpoint

English

Noun

melting point (countable and uncountable, plural melting points)

(chemistry, physics) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure.
Synonym: m.p.
(figurative) A climactic situation where things go wrong or become dangerous; a crisis or meltdown.

Related terms

Translations

temperature at which solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium

Chinese:
Mandarin: 熔點／熔点 (zh) (róngdiǎn)
Czech: bod tání m
Danish: smeltepunkt (da)
Dutch: smeltpunt (nl) n
Esperanto: fandopunkto, fluidiĝotemperaturo
Estonian: sulamispunkt, sulamistemperatuur
Finnish: sulamispiste (fi)
French: point de fusion (fr) m
German: Schmelzpunkt (de) m
Hawaiian: kēkelē heheʻe
Hebrew: נקדת התכה (he) f (nekudat hatakha)
Hungarian: olvadáspont (hu)
Japanese: 融点 (ja) (ゆうてん, yūten)
Kazakh: eру нүктесі (eru nüktesı)
Korean: 녹는점 (nongneunjeom)
Kyrgyz: эрүү чекити (erüü cekiti)
Malay: takat lebur (ms)
Malayalam: ദ്രവണാങ്കം (ml) (dravaṇāṅkaṁ)
Maori: pae rewa, pūwāhi rewa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: smeltepunkt (no) n

Nynorsk: smeltepunkt n
Persian: نقطه‌ی ذوب (noqte-ye zob)
Polish: temperatura topnienia (pl) f
Portuguese: ponto de fusão
Romanian: punct de topire n
Russian: температу́ра плавле́ния f (temperatúra plavlénija)
Southern Altai: кайылар кеми (kayïlar kemi), эриир пункт (eriir punkt)
Spanish: punto de fusión m
Swedish: smältpunkt (sv) c
Tagalog: tungos ng pagkatunaw
Telugu: ద్రవీభవనస్థానము (te) (dravībhavanasthānamu)
Thai: จุดหลอมเหลว
Turkish: erime noktası (tr)
Vietnamese: điểm nóng chảy, nhiệt độ hóa lỏng, nhiệt độ nóng chảy
Welsh: ymdoddbwynt m, toddbwynt m

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