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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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
LNG exporter Tellurian, noted that plants require specialized equipment with a long lead time, such as steel that can sustain cryogenic temperatures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
During the test, teams will load the rocket with cryogenic, or super-cold, propellants, carry out a full countdown sequence, and then safely drain the propellants.
From Science Daily • Jan. 19, 2026
Dr. Rupak Mahapatra, an experimental particle physicist at Texas A&M University, is working to uncover this hidden majority by designing advanced semiconductor detectors equipped with cryogenic quantum sensors.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
And he was involved with several of his colleagues, other scientists like himself, in cryogenic research: a way of putting people into a deep sleep, like hibernation.
From The Mantooth by Leadem, Christopher
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