Physics · Glossary

What is Melting and freezing?

Also known as: melt · freeze

Definition 9.3 Primary & Middle School Physics · Chapter 9 — Ice, Water, Steam

When warmth turns solid ice into liquid water, the ice melts. When strong cold turns liquid water solid, the water freezes. Melting and freezing are opposite doors between the same two states: warmth pushes one way, cold pushes the other.

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