congelation
Americannoun
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the act or process of congealing; the state of being congealed.
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the product of congealing; a concretion; coagulation.
noun
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the process of congealing
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something formed by this process
Etymology
Origin of congelation
1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin congelātiōn- (stem of congelātiō ). See congeal, -ation
Example Sentences
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Similar divergences were manifested in the delays observed in congelation, and disappeared when subjected to an analogous correction.
From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincaré
The principal chain is about 1500 miles long, and the principal peaks rise above or approach the line of perpetual congelation, Miltsin in Morocco being 11,400 feet high, and Tizi Likumpt being 13,150.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Koryani has studied the ratio of the point of congelation of urine to that of a solution containing an equal quantity of chloride of sodium.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
In the case of persons or animals drowned in sea water, a similar alteration of the point of congelation is observed, but in the reverse direction.
From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc
Fur Country," reading as follows: "It is not a mist or fog,' he said to his companions, 'it is frost-rime,' a dense vapor which remains in a state of complete congelation.
From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by Alexander McAllan
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