refrigeration

[ ri-frij-uh-rey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of refrigerating.

  2. the state of being refrigerated.

Origin of refrigeration

1
1425–75; late Middle English refrigeracion<Latin refrīgerātiōn- (stem of refrīgerātiō). See refrigerate, -ion

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