topire

Topire is a Romanian noun meaning the melting or fusion of a solid into a liquid. It is most commonly used to describe the process of melting in contexts such as ice, metal, or wax. The word derives from the verb topi, “to melt,” with the suffix -re forming the abstract noun for the process.

In scientific and technical Romanian, topire appears in phrases such as temperatura de topire (melting temperature) or punctul de topire (melting point), and it is used in fields like geology, metallurgy, and materials science as well as in culinary contexts when discussing heat-induced phase changes.

Outside Romanian-language texts, topire is not widely used in English or other major languages. When encountered, it is typically treated as a direct reference to the Romanian term or translated as melting or fusion.

Because it is language-specific, topire does not denote a distinct, generalized subject in global encyclopedias, but it is of note for studies of Romanian vocabulary or translations dealing with phase transitions. See also: melting, fusion, phase transition, solid–liquid transition, melting point.