cryogenic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɹaɪəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌkɹaɪoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
From cryo- + -genic.
Meanings
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Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
Quick as a mongoose, the man with the glass eye darts in, yanks the aluminum case out of the cryogenic cylinder, tosses it to Y.T.
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 179:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most cryogenic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more cryogenic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
cryogenically · cryogenic liquid · Cryogenian · cryogenicist · noncryogenic
Relateds
cryogenics · cryogen · cryonic
Translations (9)
ca criogènic (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · pt criogénico (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · ru криоге́нный (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · ga crióigineach (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · it criogenico (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · cs kryogenní (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · pt criogênico (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · nl cryogeen (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures) · es criogénico (of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures)