Congelation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Congelation \Con`ge*la"tion\, n. [F. cong['e]lation, 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.
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              The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward
              compression or congelation of the fluid.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     2. The state of being congealed.
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     3. That which is congealed.
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              Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations
              in jellies of various colors.         --Taller.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  congelation
       n : the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by)
           freezing [syn: {congealment}]