refrigerant
[ ri-frij-er-uh nt ]
/ rɪˈfrɪdʒ ər ənt /
adjective
refrigerating; cooling.
reducing bodily heat or fever.
noun
a refrigerant agent, as a drug.
a liquid capable of vaporizing at a low temperature, as ammonia, used in mechanical refrigeration.
a cooling substance, as ice or solid carbon dioxide, used in a refrigerator.
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Origin of refrigerant
1590–1600; < Latin refrīgerant- (stem of refrīgerāns), present participle of refrīgerāre. See refrigerate, -ant
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British Dictionary definitions for refrigerant
refrigerant
/ (rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt) /
noun
a fluid capable of changes of phase at low temperatures: used as the working fluid of a refrigerator
a cooling substance, such as ice or solid carbon dioxide
med an agent that provides a sensation of coolness or reduces fever
adjective
causing cooling or freezing
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Medicine definitions for refrigerant
refrigerant
[ rĭ-frĭj′ər-ənt ]
adj.
Cooling or freezing; refrigerating.
Reducing fever.
n.
A substance, such as air, ammonia, water, or carbon dioxide, used to provide cooling either as the working substance of a refrigerator or by direct absorption of heat.
An agent used to reduce fever.
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Science definitions for refrigerant
refrigerant
[ rĭ-frĭj′ər-ənt ]
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.
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