单词 | conglaciation |
释义 | † conglaciationn. Obsolete. 1. The action or process of turning into, or becoming, ice; freezing, congelation. ΘΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > [noun] > formation conglaciation1640 glacification1860 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning iii. iv. 153 Predictions may be made of..Deluges, Draughts; Heates; Conglaciations. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 118 Congelation or conglatiation. 1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 341 As to their Rarifaction and Conglaciation. 2. concrete. Any frozen or crystallized formation. ΘΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition > a frozen mass congelation1686 conglaciation1750 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados ii. 55 [The caves'] petrified Icicles (if I may so call them) and other Conglaciations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1640 |
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