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View synonyms for congelation

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of congelation1

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

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

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

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

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

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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