adfreezing
noun
ad·freez·ing
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Definition of adfreezing
: the process by which two objects adhere to each other via ice
It is true, however, in dealing with piles that the thicker the active layer, the greater the surface area of the pile in the seasonally frozen ground. The greater the surface area, the greater the total adfreezing strength.— Roger B. Colton, Geology of the Otter Creek Quadrangle, Montana, 1962
Other Words from adfreezing
adfreeze
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intransitive verb
adfroze\ ad-ˈfrōz
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adfrozen\ ad-ˈfrō-zᵊn
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adfreezing;
adfreezes
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intransitive verb
adfroze\ ad-ˈfrōz
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adfrozen\ ad-ˈfrō-zᵊn
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adfreezing;
adfreezes
Augering is also difficult in partially frozen soils, since ice tends to build up on the cutting shoe of the auger, and cuttings frequently adfreeze to the auger.
— Komex Consultants Ltd., Review of Methodology for Laboratory Analysis and Testing of Permafrost, March 1983
adfreeze
noun
Among the problems reviewed are … the use of ice batters and adfreeze in the design of a diversion dam.
— G. W. Rathgens, Proceedings of the Alaskan Science Conference of the National Academy of Sciences National Research Council, 9–11 Nov. 1950
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