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Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by gumby on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @09:31PM (#27455718)
Why was the title changed to replace the ordinary word liquefaction? I clicked the link because I had not seen "liquification" before. Not sure it's even a real word.*

* (to the extent there even is such a thing as "real" and "not real" word)

Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by unchocked on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:53PM (#27456486)
It’s a real word, but inappropriate in this context. Liquefaction is what the article describes, liquification would be actual melting of the cargo.
Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by dredmorbius on Thursday June 10, 2021 @01:53AM (#27457216)
If your nickel-ore dry bulk cargo is undergoing that kind of liquification, your ship will likely also be experiencing adverse handling.
Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by mortenjorck on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:30AM (#27456666)
My guess is the submitter just typed the headline from memory and made an intuitive noun form of "liquify," which in typical English fashion does not actually follow the rule implied by similar words such as "stratify" to "stratification" or "certify" to "certification."
Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by dang on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:39AM (#27456716)
You guessed right. Fixed now. Thanks all!
Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by dredmorbius on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:34PM (#27456381)
All my words are declared integer.
Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by gumby on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @11:57PM (#27456503)
So I suppose words are really inexact.
Re:The Risk of Cargo Liquefaction by dredmorbius on Thursday June 10, 2021 @06:12PM (#27466488)
Once can use fractional words for increased precision.

Then there's the matter of rational and irrational words.