cryogenic
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures.
cryogenic storage.
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of or relating to cryogenics.
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This involves launching a fleet of tanker vehicles which transfer cryogenic liquid methane and liquid oxygen across in sequence, a highly ambitious manoever has not yet been tested.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
As tech titans invest in cryogenic freezing and stem cell therapies to live forever, my peers are manipulating their faces to deny their own mortality.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Using IVF, they created an embryo in London, which was shipped to Kyiv and stored in the clinic's cryogenic storage tanks.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
"A potential spill could cause fires, cryogenic clouds lethal to marine life, and widespread and long-lasting pollution of water and the atmosphere," WWF Italy warned in a statement.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
For many centuries the survivors, underground, were put into cryogenic suspension to await the day they may walk and live upon a newly healed Earth.
From Scorched Earth by Petrovic, Walter D.
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