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n. - the action or process of alteration (as by freezing) from a fluid to a solid or semisolid state.

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  • Eventually, the ice thickens into a more stable sheet with a smooth bottom surface, called congelation ice.
  • This congelation that Tim O'Reilly constructed, that is not a complete thought.
  • “But surely this process of congelation must have a limit!” said the count.
  • 'Ah!' cried Mrs, Arlbery, 'look but at that piece of congelation that nothing seems to thaw!
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