freezing-point depression

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freezing-point depression (countable and uncountable, plural freezing-point depressions)

  1. (physics, chemistry) A drop in the minimum temperature at which a substance freezes, caused when a smaller amount of another, non-volatile substance is added, such as salt or alcohol.
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