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CONGELATION

Definition: CONGELATION

CONGELATION

Noun

1. That which is congealed.

2. The state of being congealed.

3. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "CONGELATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references)

"CONGELATION" is a common misspelling or typo for: cancellation, coagulation, compellation, congregation.


Synonyms within Context: CONGELATION

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Refrigeration

Noun: refrigeration, infrigidation, reduction of temperature; cooling. Verb: congelation, conglaciation; ice; solidification. (density); ice box (refrigerator).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: CONGELATION

English words defined with "CONGELATION": Congealment, ConglaciationFrost smoke. (references)

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Use in Literature: CONGELATION

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

There is congelation in despair.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CONGELATION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

congelation

5

congelation tissus

3

congelation organes

3

congelation sacs

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CONGELATION

Language Translations for "CONGELATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

congelatio escharotica (gangrenous congelation, third degree congelation), tredie grads forfrysning (gangrenous congelation, third degree congelation), størkningsvarme (expansive congelation). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hyytyminen (clotting, coagulation). (various references)

   

French

  

congélation. (various references)

   

German

  

erstarrung (congealment, fossilization, freezing, numbness, ossification, paralysis, petrifaction, rigidity, solidification, stiffness, torpidity, torpidor). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κρυοπάγημα τρίτου βαθμού (gangrenous congelation, third degree congelation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megalvadás (agglomeration, clotting, coagulation, congealment, jellification), alvadt állapot, alvadt anyag, alvasztás, befagyás (freezing), dermedtség (numbness), elfagyás, összefagyás, fagyott anyag, megszilárdult anyag, megalvasztás, megdermedés (chilling, congealment, gelation, solidification, stupefaction), megfagyás (congealment, gelation), megmerevedés, megmerevedettség, megszilárdítás (cementing, consolidation, solidification, stabilization), megszilárdulás (consolidation, setting, solidification), fagyasztás (chilling, icing, refrigeration). (various references)

   

Italian

  

congelamento (congealment, freezing, frostbite). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

氷結 (freeze, freezing). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ひょうけつ (ballot, decision, freeze, freezing, verdict, vote, voting). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ongelationcay

   

Portuguese

  

congelação (freezing), conagulação, solidificação (concretion, fixation, set, setting, solidification). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

congelare (congealment, freezing, gelation). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

замерзание (freezing). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

congelación (congealment, freeze, freezing, frostbite). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

pıhtılaştırma (coagulating, congealment), pıhtılaşma (clotting, coagulation, congealment), donmuş madde, donma (congealment, freeze, freezing, frostbite, hardening), dondurma (congealment, freezing, ice, ice cream, icecream, refrigeration, sundae). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

тверднення, мерзлота, затвердіння (calcification, callosity, callus, consolidation, hardening, induration, solidification), замерзання (freezing). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự đông lại (coagulation, congealment, gelation). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: CONGELATION

Derivations

Words beginning with "CONGELATION": congelations. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CONGELATION"

Words rhyming with "CONGELATION" (pronounced 'Con`ge*la"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CONGELATION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-o-t"

-1 letter: congenital, elongation.

-2 letters: cognation, congenial, contagion, noncoital.

-3 letters: canoeing, cleaning, cleating, conation, ecotonal, enacting, enlacing, gantline, gelation, latening, legation, locating, location, negation, neologic, notional, octangle.

-4 letters: aconite, actinon, alencon, aloetic, ancient, aneling, angelic, anglice, anteing, antigen, antilog, antlion, atingle, atoning, cannoli, canting, catling, cloning, coagent, coaling, coating, cognate, coinage, cologne, congeal, connate, connote, contain.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-l-n-n-o-o-t"
 

+1 letter: congelations.

 

+2 letters: noncollegiate.

 

+3 letters: antitechnology, conglomerating, conglomeration, congregational, nongeometrical, nontheological.

 

+4 letters: conglomerations, ontogenetically, reconsolidating.

 

+5 letters: anticonglomerate, antitechnologies, nanotechnologies, roentgenological.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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