congelation

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Cryoscopy.—The usual method employed for the determination of the molecular concentration and osmotic pressure of a solution is by cryoscopy—the measurement of its temperature of congelation.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

No doubt they had tried to swim across at the moment of congelation, and had been unable to disengage themselves.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The saline matter which sea-water holds in solution, prevents its congelation, except where the most intense cold prevails.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

We may be surprised to find that congelation rests at the same, or nearly the same, level in the Alps of Switzerland, and on the Corsican mountains eight degrees further south.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

It forms near, and above, the point of congelation, and is often composed of crystals of ice or snow.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden