gelatinizationn.
/dʒɪˌlatɪnʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ Conversion into a gelatinous state.
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gelatination1794
gelatinization1843
gelatification1860
gelation1915
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > [noun] > gelatinous state > becoming or making
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1843 J. Pereira Treat. Food & Diet 143 It also promotes the gelatinization of pectic acid.
1853 C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (new ed.) 20 This gelatinization of the tissue is all-essential.
1882 A. H. Green Geol. for Students: Physical Geol. (ed. 3) ii. 92 Gelatinization sometimes takes place without evaporation.
1887 H. E. F. Garnsey & I. B. Balfour tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Morphol. & Biol. Fungi 69 The gelatinisation of the lateral walls of the spores.
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