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solidification|səˌlɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|
[f. solidify v. (see -ation), or a. F. solidification.]
1. The action or process of solidifying or becoming solid.
1811A. T. Thomson Lond. Disp. (1818) p. xxvii, The solidification of the water when it unites with the lime. 1843R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xx. 242 The diseased lung, whose specific gravity has been much increased by solidification. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 188 In the cooling and solidification of granite the quartz is the last mineral element to crystallise and become solid.
transf.1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 273 Force [may be conceived] as the materializing or solidification of motion.
2. Consolidation, concentration.
1891Cycl. Temp. & Prohib. 574/2 There was an increasing realization of the value of solidification and discipline. |