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Congelation   Listen
noun
Congelation  n.  
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."
2.
The state of being congealed.
3.
That which is congealed. "Sugar plums... with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors."





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"Congelation" Quotes from Famous Books



... or Egyptians could spring up and diffuse itself in such an age of civilization and philosophy, books and history; whereas all experience shows us that only a time of barbarism, before authentic history has commenced, is proper to the birth of such monstrosities; that this congelation of tradition and legend takes place only during the long frosts and the deep night of ages, and is impossible in the bright sun of history;—in whose very beams, nevertheless, these prodigious icicles are supposed to have ...
— The Eclipse of Faith - Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic • Henry Rogers


Words linked to "Congelation" :   congealment, set, solidification, curing, hardening, congeal, solidifying


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