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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
refrigerant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin refrīgerāns, present participle of refrīgerō (“to cool, to refresh”).
Meanings
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(obsolete) That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever.
1859, Richard Francis Burton, The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 29, Chapter 2, pp. 54-55,
They employ the coco-nut extensively; […] This immoderate use of the fruit is, according to the people, far from wholesome: it is considered, by its refrigerant properties, to cause rheumatic pains […]
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.
[He] is robust and can safely take refrigerant food.
1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “兩 (líang)”, in A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect, arranged according to syllables and tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 350:Here on a bank, refrigerant seat,
Screen’d from the Sun’s o’ercoming heat,
Some stretch’d at ease the hours employ,
In Bacchus’s unbounded joy,
1788, John Hawkesworth, “Laudes Dargelli, or, Verses on the Dargle”, in The Poetical Works of John Hawkesworth, Dublin, page 25:
Forms
refrigerant en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Latin refrīgerāns, present participle of refrīgerō (“to cool, to refresh”).
Meanings
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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.
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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.
[…] taking a blue and white soda-powder, [she] mingled the same in water, and encouraged me to drink the result. It might be a specific for seasickness, but it was not for home-sickness. The fiz was a mockery, and the saline refrigerant struck a colder chill to my despondent heart.
1869, Oliver Wendell Holmes, “Cinders from the Ashes”, in Pages from an Old Volume of Life, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, published 1883, page 245:
Forms
Deriveds
nonrefrigerant
Relateds
coolant
Translations (18)
fi viilentäjä (that which makes cool) · nn kjølemedium (substance undergoing phase change) · fi kylmäaine (substance undergoing phase change) · nb kjølemedium (substance undergoing phase change) · cmn 製冷劑 /制冷剂 (substance undergoing phase change) · ka მაგრილებელი აგენტი (substance undergoing phase change) · mi matū whakamātao (that which makes cool) · cmn 冷凍劑 /冷冻剂 (substance undergoing phase change) · fi kuumelääke (that which makes cool) · mi matū whakamātao (substance undergoing phase change) · ka მაცივებელი (substance undergoing phase change) · ka სამაცივრო აგენტი (substance undergoing phase change) · ka მაცივებელი აგენტი (substance undergoing phase change) · cmn 雪種 /雪种 (substance undergoing phase change) · ka მაგრილებელი (substance undergoing phase change) · bg охладител (that which makes cool) · ja 冷媒 (substance undergoing phase change) · cmn 冷媒 (substance undergoing phase change)