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cryogenics

cryogenics

7 7.8
A branch of science that makes and studies very low temperatures
  • noun
  • /ˌkraɪəˈdʒɛnɪks/
  • Specialized
: criogenia
  • Fortunately for him, we're quite advanced in cryogenics.
  • cryogenics lab
  • cryogenics facility

And then the next really important technology has been cryogenics, the way to cool things down at room temperature.

Examples

  • The field of cryogenics has greatly advanced our understanding of materials at very low temperatures.

  • We also manufacture a wide range of hermetic bimetallic products for both vacuum and cryogenics.

    Academic text (2004)

  • And cryogenics is just another way to defeat death.

  • Focus on technology and cryogenics.

    Academic text (2002)

  • But the vast cryogenics infrastructure we now take for granted did not yet exist.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I didn't know you had an interest in cryogenics.

    The Frighteners (1996)

  • You're looking at your actual cryogenics lab.

    Night of the Creeps (1986)

  • I found the empty capsules in the cryogenics room.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • So, what's exciting about FreezeCorp is that we are the only cryogenics facility in the world that tends exclusively to artists.

    Problemista (2024)

  • Nestor knew and respected what he'd read about cryogenics.

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

cryogeny
vscryogenics
  • Specialized
9.9

The study of very low temperatures and how they change materials

focuses on producing very low temperatures and on their effects

Surface Forms

cryogenics singular
cryogenics plural

Morphology

cryogenics = cryogenic (transparent) = cryo + gen + ics

The noun denotes the scientific field named from the adjective 'cryogenic' by the discipline-forming suffix '-ics', so its meaning is directly derived from the base term.

Etymology

Cryogenics comes from Greek parts cryo- meaning 'cold' and -genic meaning 'producing', like in generate. So, cryogenics is the science of producing very low, extremely cold temperatures and studying their effects.