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congelation

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con·ge·la·tion  (knj-lshn)
n.
The process of congealing or the state of being congealed.

congelation [ˌkɒndʒɪˈleɪʃən]
n
1. (Physics / General Physics) the process of congealing
2. (Physics / General Physics) something formed by this process

Congelation a coagulated mass resulting from the congealing of a substance.
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Noun1.congelation - the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing
curing, solidification, solidifying, hardening, set - the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"


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"Do you not understand," he replied, "that this congelation of water will help us?
The firm conviction of the necessity of a vegetation possessing a character of tropical luxuriance, to support such large animals, and the impossibility of reconciling this with the proximity of perpetual congelation, was one chief cause of the several theories of sudden revolutions of climate, and of overwhelming catastrophes, which were invented to account for their entombment.
 
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