verb
- third person singular present tense of gelate; to convert into or form a gel; to congeal or solidify into a gel-like substance
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- The mixture gelates when cooled to room temperature.
- Agar gelates quickly in the laboratory setting.
- The polymer solution gelates within minutes of adding the catalyst.
- As the temperature drops, the colloidal suspension gradually gelates.
- The chemical compound gelates to form a stable, semi-solid matrix.