regelation
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When the attachments of pressed ice are broken, the continuity of the mass is restored by the regelation of the new contiguous surfaces.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
Indeed, it was new welded by regelation since the sun’s rays had disappeared.
From The Silent Barrier by Tracy, Louis
It is formed in water, and not from the cementing and regelation of the powdery crystalline snow, as is glacier ice.
From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
The conclusion was afterwards experimentally verified by Sir William Thomson, and served to explain all the phenomena of regelation.
From Heroes of Science: Physicists by Garnett, William
