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freezing point

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freezing point

For any given liquid, the temperature at which the liquid changes state from a liquid to a solid. The temperature remains at this point until all the liquid has solidified. It is invariable under similar conditions of pressure – for example, the freezing point of water under standard atmospheric pressure is 0°C/32°F.

For a given liquid under similar conditions, the freezing point and melting point are the same temperature.



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The rainy season, which commences in October, continues, with little intermission, until April; and though the winters are generally mild, the mercury seldom sinking below the freezing point, yet the tempests of wind and rain are terrible.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
But the cold was too intense to allow us to do so, for I am convinced that at this great altitude the thermometer cannot have marked less than fourteen or fifteen degrees below freezing point.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
) where the mean temperature of the air falls below the freezing point, and where the earth is so completely frozen, that the carcass of an animal embedded in it is perfectly preserved.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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