noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action of solidifying. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization wordnet
3. 3
   Concentration or consolidation. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   The tendency to transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound). countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

hardeningabbreviationaccretionadditionadherenceadhesion

Etymology

From French solidification, or from solid + -ification.

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