refrigerant
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5.8
- noun
- /rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt/
- Specialized
:
refrigerante
- The technician refilled the air conditioning system with refrigerant to ensure it was cooling properly.
- magnetic refrigerant
- refrigerant spray
- refrigerant mixtures
I was wondering if you could explain the actual effects of chlorine or refrigerants on the atmosphere itself.
- I was wondering if you could explain the actual effects of chlorine or refrigerants on the atmosphere itself.
Examples
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Pain Ease, a topical refrigerant spray, has been approved for use on nasal passages, lips, and skin.
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Ammonia is also a very good refrigerant and is used to a significant extent in large warehouses.
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And so other materials had to be found to be used as refrigerants, and they were.
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It's a canister of refrigerant.
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The driving forces in refrigerant development and selection are varied and sometimes conflicting.
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That means a closed loop cycle, with our refrigerant being continually reused.
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One good indicator of a refrigerant's capacity is its normal boiling point.
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Ammonia has emerged as a refrigerant for water chillers in Europe.
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Many conventional refrigerants have already been banned or are slated to be phased out.
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Some environmentalists would like the refrigeration industry to bypass HFCs and employ natural refrigerants as soon as possible.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
33
4.7
A liquid or gas that moves heat away from engines and machines to stop overheating
19
3.9
A very cold solid made from carbon dioxide used to keep things frozen and make white fog
8
6.5
A man-made chemical used to cool air or push spray from cans
A very cold liquid used to cool things to very low temperatures
Antonyms
Compounds
How Cooling
- Specialized
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4.0
- Specialized
- Specialized
3
5.8
- Specialized
33
4.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
refrigerant = refrigerate (transparent) = refrigerate + ant
Formed directly from the verb 'refrigerate' with the productive suffix '-ant', giving 'one that causes or produces cooling' or 'having cooling properties'.
Etymology
Refrigerant comes from the same root as refrigerate and refrigerator, made of parts re- ('again') and frigus ('cold'). So a refrigerant is something that 'makes cold', which fits its use as the substance that cools a fridge or air conditioner.