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freezing point

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Temperature
ˈfreezing ˌpoint noun  1. [uncountable]TMT the temperature at which water turns into ice 冰点 boiling point2 [countable usually singular]TMT the temperature at which a particular liquid freezes 〔某种液体的〕结冰点,凝固点 Alcohol has a lower freezing point than water. 酒精的凝固点比水低。
Examples from the Corpus
freezing pointThe snow may crust at night, due to outward radiation, even thought the air temperature remains well above freezing point.Yet it was not really cold here; the temperature was well above freezing point.Tritium has a higher freezing point than water and so could condense into a fine mist indistinguishable from normal fog.These are elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure.The colligative properties are boiling point, freezing point, osmotic pressure, and vapor pressure.This is the freezing point of water at one atmosphere.One mole of an un-ionized solute dissolved in 1 kilogram of water lowers the freezing point 1. 86-6.Measuring plasma osmolality using freezing point depression or vapor pressure will immediately indicate that plasma osmolality and tonicity are normal.
ˈfreezing ˌpoint nounChineseSyllable
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freezing point
ˈfreezing ˌpoint noun
1. [uncountable] the temperature at which water turns into ice ⇨ boiling point
2. [countable usually singular] the temperature at which a particular liquid freezes:
    Alcohol has a lower freezing point than water.


freezing pointBrE /ˈfriːzɪŋ pɔɪnt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfriːzɪŋ pɔɪnt/ 🔊 noun (also freez·ing) [uncountable] Celsius, the temperature at which water freezes 冰点Tonight temperatures will fall well below freezing (point).今夜温度将远降至冰点以下。 [countable, usually singular] the temperature at which a particular liquid freezes 冻结点;凝固点the freezing point of polar sea water极地海水的冻结点