solidification

solidify | American Dictionary

solidify
verb[ I/T ]
us/səˈlɪd·əˌfɑɪ/

solidifyverb[I/T] (MAKE FIRM)

to make something firm, or to become firm:
[ T ]A chemical reaction solidifies the resin.
[ I ]Lava solidifies as it cools.

solidifyverb[I/T] (MAKE CERTAIN)

to make something complete, or to become more certain or safer:
[ T ]The play solidified his reputation as a serious writer.
[ I ]Her voice strengthened and solidified as she sang.

Examples of solidify

solidify
Eventually the melt becomes completely solidified and a compositionally zoned solid is formed.
A few of his photographs of sections of the solidified profile are presented here.
During this period, differences in wealth and living standards among countries emerged and then solidified.
However, by 1900 developments such as bigger firms, limited liability and the issue of shares had solidified the pattern of northern manufacturing.
Shrinkage of the molten metal within the mould occurs as it solidifies because of the greater density of solid to molten metal.
The emerging fluid jets are subsequently being stretched and solidified, and the resulting filaments are then collected for further processing.
They are then solidified to produce the required solid structure.
The melt pool has probably solidified at the base of the hole because the pulse ended before the splash had been completed.
The dyeing sector's growing independence was solidified by the 1920s.
Conventions of political management are solidifying and may help to pattern ideological conflict in democratic ways in the future.
Additionally, when an alloy is solidified, compositional gradients arise as one component is preferentially incorporated into the growing solid, and these too can cause convection.
Both sides solidified their positions and pursued quite different interests as the century unfolded.
Indeed, because the form had not solidified its rules, artists were given a great deal of room to experiment.
A larger percentage of the molten aluminium solidifies the further that the blob progresses across the solid aluminium surface.
We describe desorption of a dissolved gas in a semi-infinite melt, solidified by a one-dimensional heat flux.
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