regelation
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I question, however, the statement, that regelation takes place by the freezing of a film of water between the fragments.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various
When the attachments of pressed ice are broken, the continuity of the mass is restored by the regelation of the new contiguous surfaces.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall
Then again, what I have described as 'intrusive layers of blue ice' was a remarkable feature; one could imagine that these layers represent surfaces which have been transformed by regelation under hot sun and wind.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
In fact, regelation will confer upon it all the appearance of viscosity.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
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