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• Regelation — is the phenomenon of melting under pressure and freezing again when the pressure is reduced. Many textbooks and websites claim that regelation can be demonstrated by looping a fine wire around a block of ice and attaching a heavy weight to it.… …   Wikipedia

• Regelation — Re ge*la tion ( l? sh?n), n. [Pref. re + L. gelatio a freezing.] (Physics) The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two pieces of ice. [1913 Webster] Note: Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32? Fahrenheit, with moist surfaces, placed in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• regelation — [rē΄jə lā′shən] n. [see RE & GELATION1] a freezing or refreezing together of pieces of ice after a pressure, which has caused melting at a temperature below the normal melting point, has been removed regelate [rē΄jə′lāt΄] vi. regelated,… …   English World dictionary

• regelation — /ree jeuh lay sheuhn/, n. 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. [1855 60; RE + GELATION] * …   Universalium

• regelation — noun The fusion of two pieces of ice by pressure (which lowers its freezing point) …   Wiktionary

• regelation —   the refreezing of water into ice after pressure which caused it to melt is released …   Geography glossary

• regelation —    The melting of ice under pressure and subsequent freezing [16] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

• regelation — [ˌri:dʒɪ leɪʃ(ə)n] noun technical the fusion of two pieces of ice with moist surfaces, at a temperature above freezing point …   English new terms dictionary

• regelation —   n. freezing again, especially of water from ice melted by pressure when pressure is relieved.    ♦ regelate, v.t. & i …   Dictionary of difficult words

• regelation — |rē+ noun Etymology: re + gelation (freezing) : the refreezing of water derived from the melting of ice under pressure when the pressure is relieved …   Useful english dictionary

• John Tyndall — Infobox Scientist name = John Tyndall caption = John Tyndall. birth date = August 2, 1820 birth place = Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland death date = December 4, 1893 (aged 73) death place = Surrey, England residence = nationality = British …   Wikipedia