| | Definition: | | \Con`ge*la"tion\, n. [F. cong['e]lation, L.
congelatio.]
1. The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a
fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the
act or process of freezing.
The capillary tubes are obstructed either by outward
compression or congelation of the fluid.
--Arbuthnot.
2. The state of being congealed.
3. That which is congealed.
Sugar plums . . . with a multitude of congelations
in jellies of various colors. --Taller.
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