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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing;
[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. [1913 Webster] The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being congealed. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is congealed. [1913 Webster] Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. --Taller. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

congelation n 1: the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing [syn: congealment, congelation]