melting point

noun

: the temperature at which a solid melts

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For soldering items by hand, a soldering iron – which is usually designed like a pen with a pointed iron tip – is electrically powered to heat up to at least the melting point of the solder or filler metal. —

New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2024 Turbine blades are extremely sophisticated metal parts, marvels of engineering designed to withstand temperatures within the engine that are higher than the melting point of the metal. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024 Why Wagyu Tastes Different There are two further factors in that fat content: melting point and flavor. —

Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 July 2024 For example, a planet a little bit warmer than Earth—perhaps orbiting a hotter star or closer to a cooler star—could wind up with a runaway greenhouse effect that boils its oceans and eventually heats its desiccated surface to the melting point of lead. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for melting point