recongelationn.
/riːˌkɒndʒᵻˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌkɑndʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ rare.
The action of freezing or becoming frozen again.
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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 > again
recoagulation1669
recongelationc1670
c1670 Ripley's Epist. K. Edward Unfolded (King's Cambr. Keynes 52) f. 7 When ye body is dissolved..it doth then intend a recongelation of its selfe.
1778 C. Erskine tr. H. D. Gaubius Inst. Medicinal Pathol. 137 If the more compound liquors congeal, one part separates from another, the texture is wholly changed, nor can it always be restored by recongelation.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) xv. 354 The melting of the polar ices..and their recongelation.
1901 Proc. Royal Soc. 68 83 On recongelation there is no electromotive effect at the critical temperature.
1937 U.S. Patent 2,070,098 3/2 It is desirable to connect this interchanger with its warm end down..to prevent the melting of hydrogen sulphide in the upper end and its recongelation in the lower end.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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