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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Congelation \Con'ge*la"tion\, noun [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.

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. --Arbuthnot.

2. The state of being congealed.

3. That which is congealed.

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. --Taller.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

congelation

noun

1: the process of congealing; solidification by (or as if by) freezing [syn: {congealment}]

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