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单词 congelation
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congelationn.

/kɒndʒɪˈleɪʃən/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s congell-, 1600s–1700s congeal-.
Etymology: < French congelation (14th cent. in Littré), or < its original Latin congelātiōn-em , noun of action < congelāre to congeal v.
1.
a. The action of congealing or freezing; the process or state of being congealed.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition > freezing or becoming frozen
freezinga1398
congelationc1540
glaciation1646
congealing1762
gelation1854
freeze-up1876
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Biijv The half of this loch fresis be naturall congelatioun as vtheris lochis dois.
1635 D. Person Varieties ii. 71 More cold is required, for the congelation of vapors, than of waters.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. xii. 322 The mixture of Salt with the Cold Water helps to Congelation.
1755 B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. iii. v. 289 Freezing or Congealation.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 382 When he called for wine in a severe season, it was presented to him in a state of congelation.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 56 The solid obtained by the congelation of water is termed ice.
b. Freezing; in line, point, zone of congelation.
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1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 187 These reptiles continue eating the whole year, except when the cold approaches to congelation.
1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. (1783) II. 399 The line of congelation on Chimborazzo, or that part of the mountain which is covered perpetually with snow.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xiii. 274 The line of perpetual congelation.
1849 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (ed. 8) xxvi. 291 In the ethereal regions the temperature is 90° below the point of congelation.
c. The freezing of an animal body or member, so as to make it numb or dead; hence, ‘formerly applied to the stupor and numbness attendant on certain diseases, as catalepsy, paralysis’ (Mayne).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun]
stupora1398
congelation1577
obstupescence1598
carus1605
coma1646
comatosity1805
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > state of being rendered physically insensible > caused by cold
cumblednessc1440
congelation1577
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Four Bks. Husb. (1586) 903 The diseases proceeding of cold are congelation, nummednesse, stifnesse.
1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 96 A method seruing for the knowledge of Catalepsis or Congealation.
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Congelation..also, the death of any part from cold, being the same as Frost-bite.
1885 E. Lynn Linton Autobiogr. Christopher Kirkland II. i. 35 I felt only the congelation, the paralysis, the death of life.
d. Frozen condition; a product of freezing; concrete a frozen mass.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition
frozenness1653
congealedness1664
congelation1686
freeze-up1876
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition > a frozen mass
congelation1686
conglaciation1750
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ii. 4 Hail..being the congelation of Rain.
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 148. ⁋11 A Multitude of Congelations in Jellies of various Colours.
1818 B. O'Reilly Greenland 91 Those stupendous masses of congelation [ice-bergs].
1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 32 Every tree and branch encrusted with the bright and delicate congelation of hoar-frost.
2.
a. gen. Action analogous or compared to freezing; conversion from a fluid to a solid state.Formerly the name of one of the processes in Alchemy.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [noun] > congelation
congelation1393
congealing1471
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > becoming or making dense or solid
congelation1393
indencion1547
condensation1603
consolidation1603
densation1615
incrassation1633
fictation1655
solidation1656
solidification1811
densening1884
densing1888
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 86 First of the distillation, Forth with the congelation, Solucion, discention.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 114 With heate and moisture by craft occasionate, With congelation of the Spyrite.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island ii. v. 18 A sure foundation, Compact, and hard; whose matter (cold and drie) To marble turns in strongest congelation.
1682 N. Grew Of Mixture i. v. §3 in Anat. Plants 233 The making of Fat, is but the Durable Congelation of Oyl: which may be done without frost.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 465 Steam..given out from the rents of lava-currents during congelation.
b. Crystallization; formation of stalactites.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > formation of rock or stone > [noun] > formation of stalactites
congelation1854
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [noun] > stiria > stalagmite or stalactite > formation of
congelation1854
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Termes 340 Congelation..is seene in the making of Coperas, Salt-peeter, or the like.
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 65 They would crystallize, as in other cases of congelation, from the sides toward the interior.
1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) iv. 79 There were little pools at the side of the cave, where we could see the work of congelation going on.
c. concrete. A concretion, crystallization, petrifaction.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > concretion or petrifaction > [noun]
congelation1605
concretion1646
lapidescency1646
petrifaction1667
petrification1677
mineralization1799
permineralization1893
the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > [noun] > crystallized body or formation
congelation1605
crystallization1695
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 161 Of the congelations of these salts comes goutes, stones, etc.
1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iii. 257 It is incrusted above with Congelations, that make it a most pretty Grotto.
1753 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 454 To examine, whether or no coral is a plant, according to the general opinion, or a petrifaction or congelation.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 270 Salt hanging..in the form of icicles..the walks are covered with various congelations of the same kind.
3.
a. Formation of a jelly; coagulation, clotting.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [noun] > state of being coagulated > coagulation
runninga1398
congealmentc1400
quailing1440
coagulationc1477
congelation1547
clodding1552
curdlea1591
clottering1611
concretion1617
clotter1658
concoagulationa1691
congealing1739
thrombosis1857
coagulating1872
clotting1880
1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xxxviiiv The thyrde [sc. choler] is whityshe viscus and clammy..ingendred of congellacion of fleume.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Bites of Aspicks are mortal, by the sudden Congelation which they induce on the Blood, which stops its Circulation.
b. concrete. A clot, a coagulation.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [noun] > coagulated blood > clot or clump
blood-liverOE
clod1398
congelation1483
shed1513
clot1611
grume1718
coagulum1767
blood clot1805
clump1939
sludge1947
1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 332/1 He had on his arme a congellation of blood in manere of a postomme.
4. transferred and figurative.
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1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. vi. 48 Admit that the constitution of a diuels bodie..consisteth in spirituall congelations, as of fier and aire.
1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations iv. 92 That all our thoughts of kindness to death are the congelation of such black melancholy vapours.
1876 E. Mellor Priesthood App. 411 The mischievous process of congelation..applied to their fervid..utterances, turning their loving rapture into stern and inflexible propositions.
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