Icing may refer to:
Science and technology
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Atmospheric icing
Atmospheric icing occurs in the atmosphere when water droplets suspended in air freezing, freeze on objects they come in contact with. It is not the same as freezing rain, which is caused directly by precipitation. Icing conditions can be particul ...
, when water droplets freeze on objects they contact
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Icing (nautical), sea spray that freezes upon contact with ships
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Aufeis
Aufeis, ( ), (German for "ice on top") is a sheet-like mass of layered ice that forms from successive flows of ground or river water during freezing temperatures. This form of ice is also called overflow, icings, or the Russian term, naled. The t ...
, or icing, a sheet-like mass of frozen groundwater
Sports
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Icing (ice hockey)
In ice hockey, icing is an infraction when a player shoots, bats with the hand or stick or deflects the puck over the center red line and the opposing team's red goal line, in that order, and the puck remains untouched without scoring a goal. T ...
, an infraction
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Icing the kicker In the sports of American football or Canadian football, the act of icing the kicker or freezing the kicker is the act of calling a timeout immediately prior to the snap in order to disrupt the process of kicking a field goal. The intent is to thro ...
, a tactic in gridiron football
Other uses
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''Icing'' (album), by Cherubs, 1992
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Icing (behavior)
Ghosting, also known as simmering or icing, is a colloquial term which describes the practice of ending all communication and contact with another person without any apparent warning or justification and ignoring any subsequent attempts to communic ...
, or ghosting, ending contact and communication without warning
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Icing (food)
Icing, or frosting, is a sweet, often creamy glaze made of sugar with a liquid, such as water or milk, that is often enriched with ingredients like butter, egg whites, cream cheese, or flavorings. It is used to coat or decorate baked goods, such ...
, a sweet glaze made of sugar, usually on baked goods
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Icing (game)
Icing is a drinking game and Internet meme that gained prominence in 2010 in which one person conceals a bottle of Smirnoff Ice in a place in which another person will find it. Once found, they are immediately required to kneel and drink. If han ...
, a drinking game and Internet meme
* Icing, a jewelry and accessories retailer owned by
Claire's
Claire's (formerly known as Claire's Boutiques, Claire's Boutique and Claire's Accessories) is an American retailer of accessories, jewelry, and toys primarily aimed toward tween and teen
girls. It was founded in 1961 and is based in Hoffman E ...
See also
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Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy, sometimes known as cold therapy, is the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy. Cryotherapy may be used to treat a variety of tissue lesions. The most prominent use of the term refers to the surgical treatment, s ...
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Ice
Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaq ...
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Icing conditions
In aviation, icing conditions are atmospheric conditions that can lead to the formation of water ice on an aircraft. Ice accretion and accumulation can affect the external surfaces of an aircraft – in which case it is referred to as ''airframe ...
, atmospheric conditions that can lead to icing on an aircraft
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Ising Ising is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ernst Ising (1900–1998), German physicist
* Gustav Ising (1883–1960), Swedish accelerator physicist
* Rudolf Ising, animator for ''MGM'', together with Hugh Harman often credited ...
, a surname
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