pencairan
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Affixed cair (“liquid”) + peng- -an.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /pənt͡ʃaˈiran/ [pən.t͡ʃaˈi.ran]
- Rhymes: -iran
- Syllabification: pen‧cai‧ran
Noun
[edit]pencairan (plural pencairan-pencairan)
- melting: the process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
- (finance) liquidation: the act of exchange of an asset of lesser liquidity with a more liquid one, such as cash.
- (finance) disbursement: paying out
- (physics, chemistry) liquefaction: the process of being, or state of having been, made liquid (from either a solid or a gas).
- (rare) dilution: the process of making something dilute.
- Synonyms: dilusi, pengenceran
Further reading
[edit]- “pencairan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.