Home › Words › D › degelationdegelationdegelation means the conversion of a gel into a liquid.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, degelation ranks #12,919 of 42,791 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom de- + gelation.nounThe conversion of a gel into a liquid.e.g.“The networks were shown to undergo chain scission predominantly, which leads to their degelation, i.e., the recovery of a thermoplastic-like behavior with loss of all elastically active chains.” — 2017, Pierre Gilormini, “Radiochemical “degelation” of polymethyl methacrylate networks”, in Polymer, volume 111, page 130:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.degelification 90% match — The conversion of a gel into a free-flowing liquid. vs degelation →degel 86% match — To convert from a gel to a liquid. vs degelation →degelify 83% match — To convert a gel into a free-flowing liquid. vs degelation →degelatinisation 70% match — The removal of gelatin (from) vs degelation →degelatinise 68% match — To remove gelatin (from) vs degelation →solation 67% match — The liquefaction of a gel to form a sol. vs degelation →deliquation 65% match — An act of melting or dissolving. vs degelation →gelatination 65% match — conversion into gelatin or jelly-like substance vs degelation →