melting point

See also: meltingpoint

English

Noun

melting point (countable and uncountable, plural melting points)

1. (chemistry, physics) The temperature at which the solid and liquid phases of a substance are in equilibrium; it is relatively insensitive to changes in pressure.

   Synonym: m.p.

2. (figurative) A climactic situation where things go wrong or become dangerous; a crisis or meltdown.

Related terms

• boiling point
• freezing point
• triple point

Translations

temperature at which solid and liquid phases are in equilibrium

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熔點／熔点 (zh) (róngdiǎn)

• Czech: bod tání m
• Danish: smeltepunkt (da)
• Dutch: smeltpunt (nl) n
• Esperanto: fandopunkto, fluidiĝotemperaturo
• Estonian: sulamispunkt, sulamistemperatuur
• Finnish: sulamispiste (fi)
• French: point de fusion (fr) m
• German: Schmelzpunkt (de) m
• Hawaiian: kēkelē heheʻe
• Hebrew: נקדת התכה (he) f (nekudat hatakha)
• Hungarian: olvadáspont (hu)
• Japanese: 融点 (ja) (ゆうてん, yūten)
• Kazakh: eру нүктесі (eru nüktesı)
• Korean: 녹는점 (nongneunjeom)
• Kyrgyz: эрүү чекити (erüü cekiti)
• Malay: takat lebur (ms)
• Malayalam: ദ്രവണാങ്കം (ml) (dravaṇāṅkaṁ)
• Maori: pae rewa, pūwāhi rewa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: smeltepunkt (no) n

  Nynorsk: smeltepunkt n

• Persian: نقطه‌ی ذوب (noqte-ye zob)
• Polish: temperatura topnienia (pl) f
• Portuguese: ponto de fusão
• Romanian: punct de topire n
• Russian: температу́ра плавле́ния f (temperatúra plavlénija)
• Southern Altai: кайылар кеми (kayïlar kemi), эриир пункт (eriir punkt)
• Spanish: punto de fusión m
• Swedish: smältpunkt (sv) c
• Tagalog: tungos ng pagkatunaw
• Telugu: ద్రవీభవనస్థానము (te) (dravībhavanasthānamu)
• Thai: จุดหลอมเหลว
• Turkish: erime noktası (tr)
• Vietnamese: điểm nóng chảy, nhiệt độ hóa lỏng, nhiệt độ nóng chảy
• Welsh: ymdoddbwynt m, toddbwynt m