regelation
a phenomenon in which the freezing point of water is lowered by the application of pressure; the melting and refreezing of ice, at constant temperature, caused by varying the pressure.
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This latter question is not once referred to in the memoir in which the regelation theory was first developed.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallOn both theories, therefore, the strength and quickness of the regelation ought to correspond to the magnitude of the pressure.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallBoth Professor Helmholtz and I have since agreed to consider the physical cause of regelation an open question.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps | John TyndallI have already made the usual regelation experiment before you when I compressed broken ice in this mould.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays | J. (John) JolyBut a little further down the wound is healed again, and regelation has restored the smooth surface of the glacier.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays | J. (John) Joly
British Dictionary definitions for regelation
/ (ˌriːdʒɪˈleɪʃən) /
the rejoining together of two pieces of ice as a result of melting under pressure at the interface between them and subsequent refreezing
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