frigorific

[ frig-uh-rif-ik ]

adjective

1. causing or producing cold.

frigorific

/ ˌfrɪɡəˈrɪfɪk /

adjective

1. obsolete.
   causing cold or freezing

Word History and Origins

Origin of frigorific¹

1660–70; < Latin frīgorificus cooling, equivalent to frīgor- (stem of frīgus ) cold + -i- -i- + -ficus -fic

Word History and Origins

Origin of frigorific¹

C17: from French frigorifique , from Latin frīgorificus , from frīgus cold, coldness + facere to make

Example Sentences

This refrigerator is like those which we employ in our sulphurous anhydride frigorific apparatus.

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This vaporization of liquids is a frigorific or cooling process, and when most rapid the frigorific effect reaches its maximum.

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Table exhibiting a few of the most useful Frigorific Mixtures.

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A mixture of sulphide of carbon and solid carbonic anhydride forms almost the most powerful frigorific agent known.

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In chemistry, as a reagent; and, owing to the cold produced during its solution, to form frigorific mixtures.

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Related Words

• chilly
• cold
• freezing
• frigid
• frosty
• glacial
• polar
• raw