liquefact

English

Etymology

Back-formation from liquefaction.

Noun

liquefact (plural liquefacts)

1. The liquid or semiliquid that is the end-product of liquefaction.
   • 1999, Michael C. Flickinger, Stephen W. Drew, Encyclopedia of Bioprocess Technology:

     Acid liquefaction results in complete gelatinization, thinning, and a liquefact that can be easily filtered.

   • 2009, Poonam Singh-Nee Nigam, Ashok Pandey, Biotechnology for Agro-Industrial Residues Utilisation, page 7:

     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.

   • 2013, Amylases—Advances in Research and Application:

     Also 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.

Verb

liquefact (third-person singular simple present liquefacts, present participle liquefacting, simple past and past participle liquefacted)

1. To undergo or cause to undergo liquefaction.
   • 1964, Biuletyn: Biologia. Wydział II - Volumes 3-14, page 34:

     In its biochemical aspect the Bacillus has strongly marked proteolytic and weak glicolytic properties. It liquefacts gelatin and serum albumine.

   • 1994, Vern Cope, The Washington earthquake handbook:

     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.

   • 2008, Sheila Newman, The Final Energy Crisis, page 1:

     Under pressure from subsequent sedimentation and other geological events, the bacterial corpses cooked, compressed and liquefacted, changing their chemical qualities.