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The molten mass then pours downwards to reveal the title of the single, hardening into a glinting ornate script made of diamonds and lined in gold.—Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 5 June 2025 In a nutshell, FDM printers produce objects via a nozzle that moves back and forth over a print bed, depositing a filament of molten thermoplastic in successive layers.—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 4 June 2025 The presence of the ruthenium isotope in the basalt samples indicates that at least some of the rock was formed from material coming from the molten metallic core.—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 30 May 2025 Egan says the Cube is being developed around nuclear fission technology, with molten salt reactors as the current pathway.—Jennifer Kite-Powell, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for molten
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Etymology
Middle English, from past participle of melten to melt
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