Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being liquescent; aptness to melt; the state of becoming liquid.
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Examples
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The latter part of Eyebolt Canyon was obscured by a sullen, silvery liquescence from which snakes of smoke or mist were rising in streamers.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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In the case of the diphthong au the liquescence would consist in the transition from the first vowel to the second.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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An analysis of all the cases of liquescence occurring in the MS.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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On the first syllable of "Alleluia" the Vatican edition omits the liquescence; similarly on the third syllable of that word and on the final syllable of "misericordiam".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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It may be mentioned in this connexion that a very frequent use of liquescence is characteristic of the St. Gall school.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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The remaining cases of double consonants should be explained by analogy, the liquescence consisting simply in the shortening of the vowel sound made for the purpose of distinct pronunciation of the group of consonants without loss of time.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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It is clear from what has been said, that this liquescence must be connected with the proper pronunciation of the consonants.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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That which under the mandibles of the Sphex would for a long while have remained wholesome food promptly becomes a poisonous liquescence under the mandibles of the Scolia.
More Hunting Wasps Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
biocon commented on the word liquescence
In liquescence during the singing of sacred music, "the tongue moves to the position of the following consonant without the voice changing the tone of the vowel."
July 12, 2011