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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There is good reason to believe that the terracing shown in its interior is mainly due to the repeated alternate rise, partial congelation, and subsequent retreat of a vast sea of lava.
From The Story of the Heavens by Sir Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
A contrary operation, as is now well known, takes place during the congelation of water, and heat is evolved.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr
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
The saline matter which sea-water holds in solution, prevents its congelation, except where the most intense cold prevails.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
I thought not, recked not then of his lost love for me; I only dreaded ceasing to love him, dreaded that congelation of the heart more terrible than death.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
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