Look up: freezing

1. freezing
   Type: Term Pronunciation: frē′zing Definitions: 1. The temperature below which a liquid becomes solid. 2. Congealing, stiffening, or hardening by exposure to cold.
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2. freezing
   Change of state from liquid to solid, as when water becomes ice. For a given substance, freezing occurs at a definite temperature, known as the freezing point, that is invariable under similar conditions of pressure, and the temperature remains at this point until all the liquid is frozen; the freezing point and melting point of the substance a...
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3. freezing
   To preserve an organism without any significant alteration to its chemical composition by subjecting it to freezing temperatures.
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4. Freezing
   A liquid turning into a solid
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5. Freezing
   The process whereby a liquid becomes a solid under a change in temperature or pressure.
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6. Freezing
   The change of phase from a liquid into a solid.
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7. Freezing
   Temporary, involuntary inability to move.
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8. Freezing
   Freez'ing adjective Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. -- Frrez'ing*ly , adverb Freezing machine . See Ice machine , under Ice . -- Freezing mixture...
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9. freezing
   Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner. Freezing machine. See Ice machine, under Ice. Freezing mixture, a mixture (of salt and snow or of chemical salts) for producing intense cold. Freezing point, that degree of a thermometer at which a fluid begins to freeze; applied par...
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10. freezing
    noun the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
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11. Freezing
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Freeze • (a.) Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in manner.
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12. freezing
    (from the article `materials science`) Molten metals cooled at rates as high as a million degrees per second tend to solidify into a relatively homogeneous microstructure, since there is ... ...filled with a heavy liquid (usually bentonite slurry), which supports its walls until it is finally displaced by filling the trench with concret...
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13. freezing
    in food processing, method of preserving food by lowering the temperature to inhibit microorganism growth. The method has been used for centuries in ... [12 related articles]
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14. Freezing
    The change in state of matter from liquid to solid that occurs with cooling. Usually used in meteorology when discussing the formation of ice from liquid water.
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15. freezing
    freezing, change of a substance from the liquid to the solid state. The temperature at which freezing occurs for a pure crystalline solid is called the freezing point and is a characteristic of the particular substance. The reverse process, the change of a solid to a liquid, is called melting. See m...
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16. Freezing
    `Freezing` or `solidification` is a phase change in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. The reverse process is melting. All known liquids, except liquid helium, freeze when the temperature is lowered enough. Liquid helium remains liquid at atmo...
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17. Freezing
    (film) `Freezing` is a 2007 film directed by Simon Curtis, written by James Woods, which premiered on 28 February 2007. The plot involves an Oscar-nominated American movie actress who will be working at home for the first time with her English publisher husband. External links:
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18. Freezing
    (TV series) `Freezing` is a BBC comedy series starring Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern about an otherwise successful couple in their forties who find themselves out of work. Matt (Bonneville) is a publisher who has recently lost his job and Elizabeth (McGovern) is an Oscar-nominated Am...
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19. Freezing
    (manga) is a Japanese-Korean manga series written by accessdate=April 22, 2010-->--> the former who is the author of Black God (manga)|Black God and the Korean manhwa Unbalance Unbalance. The manga started serialization in Kill Time Communication`s seinen manga magazine publi...
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