liquefaction

noun

liq·​ue·​fac·​tion ˌli-kwə-ˈfak-shən 

1

: the process of making or becoming liquid

2

: the state of being liquid

3

: conversion of soil into a fluidlike mass during an earthquake or other seismic event

Examples of liquefaction in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent earthquakes in this area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides and liquefaction that might have contributed to losses. —Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026

Washington is building the Alaska LNG project, an 800-mile pipeline from North Slope gas fields to a liquefaction terminal at Nikiski on Cook Inlet. —Barrett Bingley, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2026

Located at Topolobampo, directly across the water from Loreto and La Paz, the project would comprise a 5-million-ton-per-year floating liquefaction unit, a 180,000-cubic-meter tank, an LNG jetty, a gas pipeline and other related facilities. —Mary D. Nichols, Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2026

The $20 billion project led by state-run YPF SA and Italy’s Eni SpA envisages construction of at least two floating liquefaction vessels with annual capacity for 12 million tons off Argentina’s Atlantic coast. —Jonathan Gilbert, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Late Latin liquefaction-, liquefactio, from Latin liquefacere, from liquēre to be fluid + facere to make — more at do

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for liquefaction

• benefaction
• counteraction
• interaction
• putrefaction
• rarefaction
• satisfaction
• stupefaction
• tumefaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction

Medical Definition

liquefaction

noun

liq·​ue·​fac·​tion ˌlik-wə-ˈfak-shən 

1

: the process of making or becoming liquid

2

: the state of being liquid