0 present participle of thaw
1 to (cause to) change from a solid, frozen state to a liquid or soft one, because of an increase in temperature:
2 to become friendlier or more relaxed:
The column was subjected to several cycles of top-down freezing and thawing to simulate an active layer.
Samples were then boiled for 30 min and subjected to 2 cycles of freezing and thawing.
This large effective porosity allows the ingress of water within the grains, with potential damage to the grain upon freezing and thawing.
In this study, the tolerance of algae and cyanobacteria to freezing, thawing and freezing-drying stresses was evaluated by short-term (days to months) low-temperature experiments.
These particular populations have a substantially decreased lag phase after thawing compared to their progenitors, contributing to their improved fitness during the growth phase.
After thawing, the samples were assayed in duplicate analyses using a standard time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay.
After thawing, the viscera, eyes and air sacs were removed and examined for helminths.
The two methods yielded similar results in terms of cell survival after thawing and subculture for routine cell work in the laboratory.
