On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 4:11:16 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
IIUC, when water (or anything else) freezes, it emits heat, quite a bit
of heat, and that slows the freezing of the adjacent water. Right?

What exactly constitutes adjacent water? If it's container of water
put into a freezer it's all cooling down together, some areas will cool
faster than others and freeze first.