solidification

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the process by which a liquid or gas becomes solid, especially through cooling, drying, or crystallization

   Solidification of the lava began as its surface cooled.

2. 2
   noun

   the process of becoming firm, fixed, stable, or firmly established

   The agreement marked the solidification of the alliance.

Borrowed from French solidification, or formed in English from solidify + -ation. Solidify ultimately rests on Latin solidus ("firm, whole, solid") plus the verb-forming element -fy; the noun names either physical hardening or figurative consolidation.

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