n. [ F. congélation, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward compression or congelation of the fluid. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is congealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations in jellies of various colors. Taller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gelatio a freezing, fr. gelare to freeze. ] (Astron.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. re- + L. gelatio a freezing. ] (Physics) The act or process of freezing anew, or together, as two pieces of ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32&unr_; Fahrenheit, with moist surfaces, placed in contact, freeze together to a rigid mass. This is called regelation. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]