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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According to these theories, the earth was inevitably advancing to a state of congelation which was close at hand.
From Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men by Grant, Robert
But as soon as the surface of the torrent cools to the point of congelation, it loses the splendour of its first incandescence.
From The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872 by Palmieri, Luigi
While in the end this electrical energy becomes active heat, it does not for the time being, and thus favors the ready congelation of the condensed moisture into hailstones.
From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha
I. To leave the Colonel in the crenellated tower, where he would have died the same day of congelation.
From The Man With The Broken Ear by Holt, Henry
During congelation it is brittle, so that the parts will separate by the stroke of a hammer; and by this means the form of its crystals may be discovered.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
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