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单词 conglaciation
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conglaciationn.

Etymology: noun of action formed as conglaciate v.: see -ation suffix. So in modern French.
Obsolete.
1. The action or process of turning into, or becoming, ice; freezing, congelation.
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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.
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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).
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