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conglaciation

conglaciation noun: the act or process of changing into ice; a freezing or congelation.

Noun

conglaciation (countable and uncountable, plural conglaciations)

  1. (archaic) The act or process of changing into ice; a freezing or congelation.
    • The artificial experiment of conglaciation of water by Ice with black salt.1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...
    • And remained in a fluid body, it was a subject very unapt for proper conglaciation.
      No other doth properly conglaciate but water: for the determination of quicksilver is properly fixation, and that of milk coagulation.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of conglaciation

pluralconglaciations

Questions about conglaciation

What does conglaciation mean?
Conglaciation means the act or process of changing into ice; a freezing or congelation.
What part of speech is conglaciation?
Conglaciation is a noun.
What is the plural of conglaciation?
The plural of conglaciation is conglaciations.

Words near conglaciation in the dictionary

  1. congkak
  2. conglaciate
  3. conglaciated
  4. conglaciates
  5. conglaciating
  6. conglaciation
  7. conglaciations
  8. Congleton
  9. Congletons
  10. conglobate
  11. conglobated

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