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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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
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 McAllan, Alexander
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
It forms near, and above, the point of congelation, and is often composed of crystals of ice or snow.
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
What reason is there why, for instance, thought should not be termed a property of thinking protoplasm, just as congelation is a property of water, and centrifugience of gas?
From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas
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