congelation

[ kon-juh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of congealing; the state of being congealed.
2. the product of congealing; a concretion; coagulation.

congelation

/ ˌkɒndʒɪˈleɪʃən /

noun

1. the process of congealing
2. something formed by this process

Word History and Origins

Origin of congelation¹

1375–1425; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin congelātiōn- (stem of congelātiō ). See congeal, -ation

Example Sentences

Upon the first principle, or the absorption of heat, are founded the various artificial methods of producing cold and congelation.

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It is just possible that the point of congelation may not be entirely independent of the presence of air in the water.

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His gracious familiarity became transformed, by some mysterious process of congelation, into a dignified formality of manner.

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Thus we would have a line of great heat and evaporation, graduating each way into a point of great cold and congelation.

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But as soon as the surface of the torrent cools to the point of congelation, it loses the splendour of its first incandescence.

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Related Words

• chill
• snow