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Examples of freezing point in a Sentence
The freezing point of water is 0 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Salt helps melt the snow and keep ice from forming by dropping the water’s freezing point temperature, according to Scientific American.
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Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2025
Terahertz radiation can also be generated using fairly small III-V devices called quantum cascade lasers, but those still need to be cooled well below the freezing point of water.
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IEEE Spectrum, 17 Apr. 2012
By concentrating salts, sugars and other secondary metabolites, these plants can lower the freezing point of the water inside their leaves.
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Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
This line marks the distance from a star at which the temperature falls below water’s freezing point.
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Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 29 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1747, in the meaning defined above
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“Freezing point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freezing%20point. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
freezing point
noun
: the temperature at which a liquid becomes solid
Medical Definition
freezing point
noun
: the temperature at which a liquid solidifies
specifically
: the temperature at which the liquid and solid states of the substance are in equilibrium at atmospheric pressure : melting point
the freezing point of water is 0° Celsius or 32° Fahrenheit
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