In olive oil extraction, malaxation (Latin malaxare, Greek μαλακος meaning `soft`) is the action of slowly churning or mixing milled olives, typically for 20 to 40 minutes. The churning allows the smaller droplets of oil released by the milling process to aggregate and be more easily separated. The paste is normally heated to around 27 °.....
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• (n.) The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.
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1. Formation of ingredients into a mass for pills and plasters. ... 2. A kneading process in massage. ... Origin: L. Malaxo, pp. -atus, to soften ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(mal″әk-sa´shәn) an act of kneading.
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Mal`ax·a'tion noun [ Latin
malaxatio : confer French
malaxation .] The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters. [ R.]
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mal′ak-sā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Formation of ingredients into a mass for pills and plasters. 2. A kneading process in massage.
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malaxation 1. Formation of ingredients into a mass for pills and plasters. 2. A kneading process or manipulation during a massage. 3. The action of reducing to a soft mass by kneading or rolling. 4. The act of chewing; mastication.
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