congelation

Borrowed from Middle French congelation (compare modern congélation), from Latin congelatio, congelationem, from congelo.

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

congelation (countable and uncountable, plural congelations)

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.
2. The state of being congealed.
3. That which is congealed.

• congeal
• congealment

• ontogenical