freezing point

noun

: the temperature at which a liquid solidifies

Example Sentences

The freezing point of water is 0 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

Recent Examples on the Web Making sure the windshield washer fluid is topped off and is the solvent with a low freezing point. —

Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023 Water droplets in this fog were actually cooled below the freezing point of 32ºF (0ºC). —

Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2015 On Sunday morning, the temperature fell below the freezing point, plummeting to 29 degrees. —

Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023 The largest number of drownings occurred when air temperatures were just below the freezing point, between 23 degrees and 32 degrees Fahrenheit. —

Veronica Penney New York Times, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020 Once this coolness — known as the wet bulb temperature — is at the freezing point, snowflakes will stay solid throughout their trip to the ground, even if the air temperature is above freezing. —

Giuliana Viglione, Discover Magazine, 27 Feb. 2019 The vessel collected unprecedented data and images in an environment in which warm ocean water, in some places more than 2 degrees Celsius above the local freezing point, is weakening the glacier. —

Chris Mooney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023 And because an average of –13.2 C means that more of the planet would be below the freezing point (0 C), much more of the water would be ice. —

WIRED, 3 Feb. 2023 The more salt added, the greater the effect on the freezing point. —

Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 22 Nov. 2022 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1747, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of freezing point was in 1747

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