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air conditioning

[air kuhn-dish-uh-ning]

noun

  1. a system or process for controlling the temperature, humidity, and sometimes the purity of the air in an interior, as of an office, theater, laboratory, or house, especially one capable of cooling.

  2. an air-conditioning system or unit.



air conditioning

noun

  1. a system or process for controlling the temperature and sometimes the humidity and purity of the air in a house, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • air conditioner noun
  • air-conditioning adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of air conditioning1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Example Sentences

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It’s a very hot day and none of the employees are allowed to touch the air conditioning.

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In June, he completed a heating, ventilation and air conditioning certificate from a vocational school.

Sun belt nations - including much of Asia, Africa, and Latin America - need large amounts of electricity for daytime air conditioning.

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Kram wrote that there was no air conditioning and “not a whisper of wind coming off the South China Sea.”

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Other workplace issues frame the union fight ahead, such as a properly functioning air conditioning system coming off the heels of a sweltering summer when people crowded the store to peruse its products.

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