liquid air
noun
a pale blue, intensely cold liquid, obtained by the compression and cooling of air: used as a source of oxygen, nitrogen, and inert gases, and as a refrigerant.
Words nearby liquid air
liquefy, liquesce, liquescent, liqueur, liquid, liquid air, liquid asset, liquid compass, liquid crystal, liquid ecstasy, liquid fire
Origin of liquid air
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Examples from the Web for liquid air
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British Dictionary definitions for liquid air
liquid air
noun
air that has been liquefied by cooling. It is a pale blue and consists mainly of liquid oxygen (boiling pt: –182.9°C) and liquid nitrogen (boiling pt: –195.7°C): used in the production of pure oxygen, nitrogen, and the inert gases, and as a refrigerant
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