congealment

  • 1Congealment — Con*geal ment, n. 1. The act or the process of congealing; congeliation. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is formed by congelation; a clot. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Wash the congealment from your wounds. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2congealment — noun act of hardening, coagulation, cohesion, compactness, concreteness, concretion, condensation, congelation, consistence, consolidation, crystallization, gelatinization, gelling, hardness, impenetrability, impermeability, incompressibility,… …

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  • 3congealment — noun see congeal …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 4congealment — See congealable. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 5congealment — noun a) The act of congealing b) Something that has congealed; a clot …

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  • 6congealment — con geal·ment || mÉ™nt n. coagulation; process of solidifying or becoming rigid …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 7congealment — con·geal·ment …

    English syllables

  • 8congealment — noun the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing • Syn: ↑congelation • Derivationally related forms: ↑congeal (for: ↑congelation) • Hypernyms: ↑hardening, ↑ …

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  • 9congeal — verb Etymology: Middle English congelen, from Middle French congeler, from Latin congelare, from com + gelare to freeze more at cold Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold 2. to make… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 10Pillow structure — Pillow lava are pillow shaped structures sometimes seen in lavas and are attributed to the congealment of lava under water, or subaqeous extrusion. A pillow structure in certain extrusive igneous rock is characterized by discontinuous pillow… …

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