What are freezing and freezing point?

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(N/A) Freezing is the phase transition process in which a substance changes from a liquid state to a solid state. This occurs when the thermal energy of the molecules decreases,causing them to lose their mobility and arrange themselves into a fixed,ordered structure.
The freezing point is the specific temperature at which a liquid turns into a solid at a given pressure. At this temperature,the liquid and solid phases of the substance exist in thermal equilibrium. For pure water at standard atmospheric pressure $(1.013 \times 10^5 \ Pa)$,the freezing point is $0 \ ^\circ C$ or $273.15 \ K$.

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