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† conglaciˈation Obs. [n. of action f. as prec.: see -ation. So in mod.F.] 1. The action or process of turning into, or becoming, ice; freezing, congelation.
1640G. Watts tr. Bacon's Adv. Learn. 153 Predictions may be made of..Deluges, Draughts, Heates, Conglaciations. 1651Biggs New Disp. 118 Congelation or conglatiation. 1699Phil. Trans. XXI. 341 As to their Rarifaction and Conglaciation. 2. concr. Any frozen or crystallized formation.
1750G. Hughes Barbadoes ii. 55 [The caves'] petrified Icicles (if I may so call them) and other Conglaciations. |