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Definition of Regelation

Regelation
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. Note: Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32? Fahrenheit, with moist surfaces, placed in contact, freeze together to a rigid mass. This is called regelation. --Faraday.

Meaning of Regelation from wikipedia

- Regelation is the phenomenon of ice melting under pressure and refreezing when the pressure is reduced. This can be demonstrated by looping a fine wire...
- particles. An influential early explanation by James Thomson invoked regelation, in which a solid is melted by pressure and then re-frozen. When forming...
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- quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science. Regelation The phenomena of melting under pressure, then freezing when the pressure...
- become trapped in the glacier. In this way, plucking has been linked to regelation. Rocks of all sizes can become trapped in the bottom of the glacier. Joint...
- downwards toward the warmer soil in a process that Faraday called "thermal regelation." This effect purifies the ice lenses as they form by repelling fine soil...
- to some degree as if the ice were a viscous fluid, it was argued that "regelation", or the melting and refreezing of ice at a temperature lowered by the...
- explanation, called "pressure melting", originated in the 19th century. (See Regelation.) Pressure melting could not account for skating on ice temperatures lower...
- year of World Group format, forcing them into an end of year World Group regelation play-off against South Korea. They won the tie 4–1 at home in Sanremo...