| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ge·la·tion |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  j -l  sh n |
| NOUN: | 1. Solidification by cooling or freezing. 2. The process of forming a gel. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin gelti , geltin-, from geltus, past participle of gelre, to freeze. See gel- in Appendix I.
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