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congelation |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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.
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