"congelifraction" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Coined by Kirk Bryan in 1946 in \"Cryopedology—the study of frozen ground and intensive frost action with suggestions on nomenclature\" in the American Journal of Science, volume 244, pages 622–642.",
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      "expansion": "congelifraction (uncountable)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Geography",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1960, Arthur T. Fernald, \"Geomorphology of the Upper Kuskokwim region, Alaska\", U.S. Geological Survey, Geological Survey Bulletin, issue 1071, page 215",
          "text": "The rubble is produced by intense frost riving, or congelifraction (Bryan, 1946, p. 640), of the bedrock."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, QA International, Understanding the Earth, page 73",
          "text": "Congelifraction occurs in mountains where frosts and thaws alternate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the weathering of material through the repeated freezing and thawing of water."
      ],
      "id": "en-congelifraction-en-noun-AYEBsEjq",
      "links": [
        [
          "weathering",
          "weathering"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "gelifraction"
        },
        {
          "word": "congelifractate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈd͡ʒɛlɪˌfɹækʃən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ækʃən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "congelifraction"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Coined by Kirk Bryan in 1946 in \"Cryopedology—the study of frozen ground and intensive frost action with suggestions on nomenclature\" in the American Journal of Science, volume 244, pages 622–642.",
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      "expansion": "congelifraction (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gelifraction"
    },
    {
      "word": "congelifractate"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1960, Arthur T. Fernald, \"Geomorphology of the Upper Kuskokwim region, Alaska\", U.S. Geological Survey, Geological Survey Bulletin, issue 1071, page 215",
          "text": "The rubble is produced by intense frost riving, or congelifraction (Bryan, 1946, p. 640), of the bedrock."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, QA International, Understanding the Earth, page 73",
          "text": "Congelifraction occurs in mountains where frosts and thaws alternate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the weathering of material through the repeated freezing and thawing of water."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weathering",
          "weathering"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈd͡ʒɛlɪˌfɹækʃən/"
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      "rhymes": "-ækʃən"
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  "word": "congelifraction"
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