congelation
the act or process of congealing; the state of being congealed.
the product of congealing; a concretion; coagulation.
Origin of congelation
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How to use congelation in a sentence
Upon the first principle, or the absorption of heat, are founded the various artificial methods of producing cold and congelation.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreIt is just possible that the point of congelation may not be entirely independent of the presence of air in the water.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallHis gracious familiarity became transformed, by some mysterious process of congelation, into a dignified formality of manner.
The Black Robe | Wilkie CollinsThus we would have a line of great heat and evaporation, graduating each way into a point of great cold and congelation.
A History of Science, Volume 3(of 5) | Henry Smith WilliamsBut as soon as the surface of the torrent cools to the point of congelation, it loses the splendour of its first incandescence.
The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 | Luigi Palmieri
British Dictionary definitions for congelation
/ (ˌkɒndʒɪˈleɪʃən) /
the process of congealing
something formed by this process
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