Infrigidation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of chilling or making cold; freezing. obsolete, uncountable
"[T]his ſeal'd vial, being broken under water, ſuck'd in a conſiderable quantity of it, whether, becauſe of ſome little rarefaction of the Air included in the ſealing, or becauſe of the infrigidation of that Air by the ſnow, or for both theſe Reaſons, or any other, I ſhall not Now diſpute."
- 2 the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes wordnet
Example
More examples"[T]his ſeal'd vial, being broken under water, ſuck'd in a conſiderable quantity of it, whether, becauſe of ſome little rarefaction of the Air included in the ſealing, or becauſe of the infrigidation of that Air by the ſnow, or for both theſe Reaſons, or any other, I ſhall not Now diſpute."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin infrigidatio + English -ion.
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