liquid air

American  

noun

1. 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.

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liquid air British  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of liquid air

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

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liquid air

It sounds like magic but it is real - a plan to store cheap night-time wind energy in the form of liquid air.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2019

Argon, neon, krypton, and xenon come from the fractional distillation of liquid air.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers says liquid air can compete with batteries and hydrogen to store excess energy generated from renewables.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2012

The first, the layer actually in contact with the liquid air, was to be made out of a highly conductive copper alloy.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2012

The cold of liquid air is far greater than that of ice or even a freezing mixture of salt and ice.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Elmer Ellsworth Burns

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