Refrigeration
[rɪ,frɪdʒə'reɪʃən] or [rifrɪdʒə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes; 'refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath'.
(noun.) the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes.
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Definition
(n.) The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.
Typed by Dave
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Cooling.
Edited by Estelle
Examples
- The foregoing examples of ice machines give no idea of the great activity in this field of refrigeration in the Nineteenth Century. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Refrigeration is at present its most natural and obvious use, and it is claimed that eleven gallons of the material when gradually expanded has the refrigerating power of one ton of ice. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But the public is still excited and wondering over the new king of refrigeration--_liquid air_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Some present-day systems of artificial refrigeration (Section 93) could not exist without the aid of compressed gases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The art of heating and cooking naturally suggests the other end of the line of temperature--_Refrigeration_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The advent of refrigeration, however, really marked the beginning of the modern packing era. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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