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[syn: congealment, congelation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
congelation
n 1: the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by)
freezing [syn: congealment, congelation]