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  Dry Ice

  the solid form of carbon dioxide, which sublimes at −109.26°F (−78.48°C) and is used chiefly as a refrigerant.
• dry ice
  dry ice

  noun

  solid carbon dioxide, which sublimes at –78.5°C: used as a refrigerant, and to create billows of smoke in stage shows

Dry Ice

American  

Chemistry, Trademark.

1. the solid form of carbon dioxide, which sublimes at −109.26°F (−78.48°C) and is used chiefly as a refrigerant.

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dry ice British  

noun

1. Also called: carbon dioxide snow.  solid carbon dioxide, which sublimes at –78.5°C: used as a refrigerant, and to create billows of smoke in stage shows

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dry ice Scientific  

1. Solid carbon dioxide. Dry ice evaporates without first passing through a liquid state by sublimation except under moderate pressure (more than 73 atmospheres). It is used for refrigeration and for creating artificial smoke or fog effects.

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I first saw Dry Ice at the Bush Theatre, London, written and acted superbly by Mahfouz, a one-woman show weaving together an array of different characters.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 9, 2016

Airgas Dry Ice put 16,884 pounds of corrosive ammonia into the air.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 4, 2012

My ankles and wrists began to burn as though somebody had put Dry Ice on my skin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Beltsville system is better; the air passing through the cans carries the cockroach perfume to a flask cooled by Dry Ice.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moods billow like the Dry Ice currents that lap across the stage, suggesting waters as grim as the Styx.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when he observed it swirling rapidly rather than spreading out as dry ice would, he dropped his guitar, jumped off stage and started running.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

Indeed, there are two kinds of snow on Mars: water ice and carbon dioxide, better known as dry ice, which has flakes that are actually cube-shaped.

From Salon ● May 16, 2025

As Ini Kamoze's 1994 hit 'Here Comes the Hotstepper' blared out across Leicester's Athena venue, she emerged though the dry ice and spotlight, bouncing on her toes and decked out in red boxing shorts.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2024

Usually silver iodide is used, but it can also be dry ice and other materials.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

He had succeeded in removing the outer boards and part of the packing, which was a layer of dry ice, when from the depths of the packing case he suddenly heard a faint “Ork.”

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater