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refrigerant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun refrigerant has 1 sense
- refrigerant(n = noun.substance) Array - any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator); Array is a kind of substance
has particulars: cryogen
Derived forms adjective refrigerant1, verb refrigerate2
Adjective refrigerant has 1 sense
- refrigerant(s = adj.all) refrigerating - causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" Derived forms noun refrigerant1, verb refrigerate2, verb refrigerate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
refrigerant, a. [L. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. réfrigérant. See Refrigerate.].
Cooling; allaying heat or fever. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
refrigerant, n.
That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively. Blair. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
refrigerant, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a substance used for refrigeration.
2 Med. a substance that cools or allays fever.
--adj. cooling.
--n.
1 a substance used for refrigeration.
2 Med. a substance that cools or allays fever.
--adj. cooling.
Etymology
F r{eacute}frig{eacute}rant or L refrigerant- (as REFRIGERATE)
THESAURUS
refrigerant
Dry Ice, Freon, algific, ammonia, blast-freezing, carbon dioxide, chilling, congealing, coolant, cooling, ether, ethyl chloride, freezable, freezing, freezing mixture, frigorific, glaciable, ice, ice cubes, liquid air, liquid helium, liquid oxygen, quick-freezing, refrigerative, refrigeratory, sharp-freezing
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