Definition of Solidifying

1. Noun. The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization. "He tested the set of the glue"

Exact synonyms: Curing, Hardening, Set, Solidification
Specialized synonyms: Congealment, Congelation
Generic synonyms: Action, Activity, Natural Action, Natural Process
Group relationships: Plastination
Derivative terms: Cure, Harden, Set, Solidify, Solidify, Solidify, Solidify

Definition of Solidifying

1. Verb. (present participle of solidify) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Solidifying

1. solidify [v] - See also: solidify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solidifying

solidary
solidate
solidated
solidates
solider
solidest
solidi
solidifiable
solidification
solidifications
solidified
solidifier
solidifiers
solidifies
solidify
solidifying
solidish
solidism
solidisms
solidist
solidistic
solidists
solidities
solidity
solidlike
solidly
solidness
solidnesses
solids
solidum

Literary usage of Solidifying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1921)
"Melting and Solidifying Points . The melting points of fatty acids are much more characteristic than those of the corresponding oils and fats ; nevertheless ..."

2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Rudorff has studied the solidifying points of fats with a view to employing them as characteristics in the examination of fats. His method was to melt a fat ..."

3. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"Rudorff has studied the solidifying points of fats with a view to employing them as characteristics in the examination of fats. His method was to melt a fat ..."

4. The Isomorphism and Thermal Properties of the Feldspars by Arthur Louis Day, Eugene Thomas Allen, Joseph Paxson Iddings, George Ferdinand Becker (1905)
"... small quantity of component B added to component A can only lower the solidifying point of A when the solid phase is richer in A than the liquid phase. ..."

5. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Solidifying Point For the exact determination of the solidifying point of some essential oils use may be made of the apparatus shown in Fig. 62. ..."

6. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Melting and Solidifying Points The most convenient and simple method for determining these constants is as follows : Into a thin-walled glass tube blown to ..."

7. The Chemistry of Essential Oils and Artificial Perfumes by Ernest John Parry (1908)
"A slight agitation of the stirrer will now usually induce solidification, if not, the introduction of a crystal of the compound solidifying—anethol, ..."

8. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"The determination of the solidifying point is of greater importance than that of ... It may be accepted as a general rule that the fusing and solidifying ..."

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