infusibilityn.1
/ɪnfjuːzɪˈbɪlɪti/ The quality or fact of being infusible; incapability of being fused or melted.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being solid rather than fluid > [noun] > inability to be melted
infusibility1794
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 42 The calcination, infusibility or fusibility, at different degrees measured by Mr. Wedgwood's Pyrometer.
1816 P. Cleaveland Elem. Treat. Mineral. & Geol. 264 It differs from feldspar by its greater hardness and its infusibility.
1831 T. Carlyle Schiller in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 95 To the last, there is a stiffness in him, a certain infusibility.
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infusiˈbility
infusiˈbility n.2
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1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
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