1) Drug delivery device 
solidification by cooling
• (n.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.
(jә-la´shәn) conversion of a sol into a gel.
Ge·la'tion noun [ Latin gelatio a freezing, from gelare to freeze.] (Astron.) The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: jĕ-lā′shŭn Definitions: 1. In colloidal chemistry, the transformation of a sol into a gel. 2. The solidification of a liquid by cold temperatures.
gelation 1. Solidification by cold, freezing. 2. The process of gel formation. 3. The change of a colloid from a sol to a gel. 4. The process of becoming solid by cooling; a cooling and solidifying.
(compounding) A stage in compounding material, at which it first becomes a coherent mass.