CONGELATION

congealment, congelation

(noun) the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing

Source: WordNet® 3.1

congelation (countable and uncountable, plural congelations)

The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

The state of being congealed.

That which is congealed.

• ontogenical

Source: Wiktionary

Con`ge*la"tion, n. [F. congélation, L. congelatio.]

1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing.

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot.

2. The state of being congealed.

3. That which is congealed.

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. Taller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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