solidification

English

Etymology

From French solidification, or from solid +‎ -ification.

Noun

solidification (countable and uncountable, plural solidifications)

1. The action of solidifying.
2. Concentration or consolidation.
3. (grammar) The tendency to transform an open compound into a closed compound (solid compound).

Translations

action of solidifying

• Bulgarian: втвърдяване (bg) n (vtvǎrdjavane)
• Finnish: jähmettyminen
• Hungarian: megszilárdulás (hu), dermedés (hu)
• Tagalog: sasiksin

French

Etymology

From solidifier +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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Noun

solidification f (plural solidifications)

1. solidification

Further reading

• “solidification”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.