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English Dictionary: coagulation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coagulation
n
  1. the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid [syn: curdling, clotting, coagulation]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coagulation \Co*ag`u*la"tion\, n. [L. coagulatio.]
      1. The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike,
            insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of
            chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of
            freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or
            acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat.
            Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body
            into an insoluble modification.
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