regelation
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It is formed in water, and not from the cementing and regelation of the powdery crystalline snow, as is glacier ice.
From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
Indeed, it was new welded by regelation since the sun’s rays had disappeared.
From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis
These facts are the exact complements of those of "regelation;" for here, two moist surfaces of ice being brought into close contact, their liquid liberty is destroyed and the surfaces freeze together.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
But a little further down the wound is healed again, and regelation has restored the smooth surface of the glacier.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
It is this same principle of regelation which enables men to cross snow bridges in safety.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
