CONGELATION
\kɒnd͡ʒɪlˈe͡ɪʃən], \kɒndʒɪlˈeɪʃən], \k_ɒ_n_dʒ_ɪ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CONGELATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
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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.
By Oddity Software
By James Champlin Fernald
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Congelatio, Conglaciatio, Gelatio, from congelo (con,and gelare, gelatum,) I congeal, I freeze. The action of congealing of passing to the solid state by the abstraction of heat; as congelation of water, mercury &c. The term had once other acceptations. 1. it was synonymous with concretion. 2. With coagulation, in which sense it is still occasionally employed. 3. The ancients called all diseases, produced by cold, congelations, as well as those in which there was a kind of stupor or torpor- particularly catalepsy.
By Robley Dunglison
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Freezing, the soldification of a liquid in consequence of a reduction of temperature; as sometimes used, coagulation.
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The freezing of an animal body or member, so as to destroy the vitality of the tissues. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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