refrigerant

[ri-frij-er-uhnt]

adjective

1. refrigerating; cooling.

2. reducing bodily heat or fever.

noun

1. a refrigerant agent, as a drug.

2. a liquid capable of vaporizing at a low temperature, as ammonia, used in mechanical refrigeration.

3. a cooling substance, as ice or solid carbon dioxide, used in a refrigerator.

refrigerant

/ rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt /

noun

1. a fluid capable of changes of phase at low temperatures: used as the working fluid of a refrigerator

2. a cooling substance, such as ice or solid carbon dioxide

3. med an agent that provides a sensation of coolness or reduces fever

adjective

1. causing cooling or freezing

refrigerant

1. A substance, such as ice or ammonia, used to cool something by absorbing heat from it. Refrigerants are usually substances that evaporate quickly. In the process of evaporation they draw heat from surrounding substances.

Other Word Forms

• nonrefrigerant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of refrigerant¹

1590–1600; < Latin refrīgerant- (stem of refrīgerāns ), present participle of refrīgerāre. See refrigerate, -ant

Example Sentences

The AIM Act is designed to reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbon-based refrigerants.

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This water is then passed through a refrigerant liquid, similar to what you would find in the back of a home fridge freezer.

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Ambient heat causes a refrigerant inside the heat pump to warm up and expand.

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TFA forms when synthetic chemicals from other "forever chemicals" such as those found in pesticides and refrigerants are partially broken down.

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One issue the refrigerant - the fluid that transitions back and forth from liquid to gas, in a process that transfers heat.

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Related Words

• container