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Definition of Congelation

1. Noun. The process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing.

Definition of Congelation

1. n. 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.

Definition of Congelation

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being congealed. ¹

3. Noun. That which is congealed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Congelation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Congelation

1. Synonym: freezing. 2. Obsolete term for frostbite. Origin: L. Con-gelo, pp. -atus, to freeze (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Congelation

Literary usage of Congelation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"... the supposed congelation of their Sources in High Latitudes. By ALEXANDER C. ANDERSON, HHBCJS. AT the Newcastle meeting of the British Association, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1867)
"In a very interesting and elaborate paper by M. Puget, entitled " Sur la congelation des Animaux," published in the 'Journal del'Anatomic et de la ..."

3. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text Book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"The heights of the term of congelation for every parallel of latitude from the- equator to the north pole, have been computed, partly from ob» servation, ..."

4. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"congelation. It had been the opinion, from time immemorial, that the effect of freezing the animal tissues would almost certainly be either their immediate ..."

5. Handbook of Natural Philosophy. by Dionysius Lardner (1877)
"115. latent beat rendered sensible by congelation. ... When congelation takes place under ordinary circumstances, . the latent heat which is disengaged from ..."

6. Elementary Lessons in Heat by Samuel Escue Tillman (1889)
"Solidification or congelation.—Solidification or congelation is the process by which a body passes from the liquid to the solid state,—the reverse effusion. ..."

7. Elements of Meteorology, with Questions for Examination, Designed for by John Brocklesby (1869)
"CURVE OF PERPETUAL congelation. In Art. 53, we have seen that a point can be reached in every latitude, where moisture, once frozen, always remains so. ..."

8. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"The hoar frost, or precipitated ice, (hen forms a pellicle at the surface of the. water, and by ils contact determines the congelation from one part to the ..."

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