regelation
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It is this same principle of regelation which enables men to cross snow bridges in safety.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
In fact, regelation will confer upon it all the appearance of viscosity.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by Joly, John
I question, however, the statement, that regelation takes place by the freezing of a film of water between the fragments.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various
It was moist and soft, in fact in a condition altogether favourable for the "regelation" of its granules.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John