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regelation

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re⋅ge⋅la⋅tion

  [ree-juh-ley-shuhn]
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–noun Physics.
a phenomenon in which the freezing point of water is lowered by the application of pressure; the melting and refreezing of ice, at constant temperature, caused by varying the pressure.
Origin:
1855–60; re- + gelation
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re·ge·la·tion   (rē'jə-lā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The fusion of two blocks of ice by pressure.

  2. Successive melting under pressure and freezing when pressure is relaxed at the interface of two blocks of ice.

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