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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These tubes imbibe the aqueous fluid during the day, which freezes, it is said, in the cold of the night, and expands while in the act of congelation.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
The water at our anchorage being fresh at half-tide, was, no doubt, in favour of this rapid congelation.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
But congelation does not kill them, and they can easily be thawed into life, by melting the ice that surrounds them.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
On the one hand I knew that he was dying on my hands by congelation; on the other, I could not, by myself, bestow upon him the attentions that were indispensable.
From The Man With The Broken Ear by Holt, Henry
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
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