cloud point

noun

The temperature at which one component of a mixture of liquids begins to solidify (or a mixture of liquids starts to become immiscible) on cooling, resulting in visible cloudiness; as for example in diesel fuel in freezing temperatures; the consolute point

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Meanings

nouncloud point (plural cloud points)

plural cloud points

  1. physicalchemistryThe temperature at which one component of a mixture of liquids begins to solidify (or a mixture of liquids starts to become immiscible) on cooling, resulting in visible cloudiness; as for example in diesel fuel in freezing temperatures; the consolute point

Translations

Estonian hägustumispunkt
  • hägustumispunkttemperature
Finnish samepiste
  • samepistetemperature
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APA

cloud point. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20point

MLA

“cloud point.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20point. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloud point,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloud%20point.

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