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Vinony

coagulation

noun

  1. The process in which a fluid solution, or part of it, changes into a solid or semisolid mass.
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Pronunciation: /kəʊ.æɡjuːˈleɪʃən/ / /koʊ.æɡjuˈleɪʃən/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion.

  1. The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes.

    “the coagulation of proteins”

  2. The process by which blood forms solid clots.
  3. Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu).