melting point

noun

: the temperature at which a solid melts

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Needless to say, at 19,000 Kelvin, the solid gold sample blew past that boundary, heating up to more than 14 times its melting point, which is about 1,300 Kelvin. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025 This electrolyte has a melting point of around 157 ºC, and remains solid over a large spectrum of room temperatures. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Apr. 2022 That material starts out as a filament which is heated to the melting point, then extruded out of a print nozzle to build up the robot's body in successive layers. Ben Coxworth may 28, New Atlas, 28 May 2025 While Robert Zubrin sketched out blueprints to construct a web of domes using super-strength Kevlar, Wordsworth made the remarkable discovery that hemispheres built of silica aerogel would heat up the interior by 50 degrees Kelvin, above the melting point of frozen H2O along the Martian equator. Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for melting point

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First Known Use

1823, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of melting point was in 1823

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“Melting point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melting%20point. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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melting point

noun
: the temperature at which a solid melts

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melting point

noun
melt·​ing point ˈmel-tiŋ-ˌ How to pronounce melting point (audio)
: the temperature at which a solid melts

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