Meanings
plural liquefacts
- The liquid or semiliquid that is the end-product of liquefaction.
Acid liquefaction results in complete gelatinization, thinning, and a liquefact that can be easily filtered.
1999, Michael C. Flickinger, Stephen W. Drew, Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology2 more examples
Maltose syrups, obtained by -amylase action on starch liquefacts, are suitable in fermentations, where a glucose repression effect is active, as is the case in several antibiotic fermentations.
2009, Poonam Singh-Nee Nigam, Ashok Pandey, Biotechnology for Agro-Industrial Residues Utilisation, page 7Also provided is a method of making a saccharide (e.g., maltotetraose) syrup, comprising adding a PS4 variant or a composition comprising the variant to a starch liquefact and saccharifying the starch liquefact to form the saccharide syrup.
2013, Amylases—Advances in Research and Application
present singular third person liquefacts · participle present liquefacting · participle past liquefacted · past liquefacted
- To undergo or cause to undergo liquefaction.
In its biochemical aspect the Bacillus has strongly marked proteolytic and weak glicolytic properties. It liquefacts gelatin and serum albumine.
1964, Biuletyn: Biologia. Wydział II - Volumes 3-14, page 342 more examples
When ground has liquefacted, it then moves in such a way as to crack foundations and roads, break underground pipes, and move and tilt houses and buildings.
1994, Vern Cope, The Washington earthquake handbookUnder pressure from subsequent sedimentation and other geological events, the bacterial corpses cooked, compressed and liquefacted, changing their chemical qualities.
2008, Sheila Newman, The Final Energy Crisis, page 1
Origin
Back-formation from liquefaction.
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