pencairan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed cair (liquid) +‎ peng- -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pənt͡ʃaˈiran/ [pəɲ.t͡ʃaˈi.ran]
  • Rhymes: -iran
  • Syllabification: pen‧cai‧ran

Noun

pencairan (plural pencairan-pencairan)

  1. melting: the process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point
  2. (finance) liquidation: the act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash
  3. (finance) disbursement: paying out
  4. (physics, chemistry) liquefaction: the process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas)
  5. (rare) dilution: the process of making something dilute
    Synonyms: dilusi, pengenceran

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