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Refrigerant

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever. obsolete

    "1627, Francis Bacon, Sylua Syluarum: or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, London: William Lee, VIII. Century, p. 204, This Experiment may be transferred vnto the Cure of Gangrenes, either Comming of themselues, or induced by too much Applying of Opiates: Wherein you must beware of Dry Heat, and resort to Things that are Refrigerant, with an Inward Warmth, and Vertue of Cherishing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    causing cooling or freezing wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
  2. 2
    any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator) wordnet
  3. 3
    That which makes cool or cold, such as a medicine for allaying the symptoms of fever.

    "1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Dublin: Whitestone et al., Volume 2, Lecture 32, p. 403, […] never give warning that you are about to be pathetic; and call upon your hearers, as is sometimes done, to follow you in the attempt. This almost never fails to prove a refrigerant to passion."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin refrīgerāns, present participle of refrīgerō (“I cool, I refresh”).

Etymology 2

From Latin refrīgerāns, present participle of refrīgerō (“I cool, I refresh”).

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