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Take a small slab of ice, a thin wire, two identical weights. Activity `:`
(1) Put a slab of ice on a stand as shown in figure.
(2) Hang two equal weights to the two ends of a metal wire and put the wire on the slab as shown in the figure.
Define regelation.
OR
What is regelation ?

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The phenomenon in which the ice converts to liquid due to applied pressure and then re-converts to ice once the pressure is removed is called regelation.
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