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autorefrigeration

autorefrigeration noun: refrigeration by storing a liquid at its boiling point for the pressure at which it is stored, so that, as vapour boils off, heat for the phase change cools the remaining liquid.

Noun

autorefrigeration (uncountable)

  1. refrigeration by storing a liquid at its boiling point for the pressure at which it is stored, so that, as vapour boils off, heat for the phase change cools the remaining liquid

Origin of autorefrigeration

From auto- + refrigeration.

Questions about autorefrigeration

What does autorefrigeration mean?
Autorefrigeration means refrigeration by storing a liquid at its boiling point for the pressure at which it is stored, so that, as vapour boils off, heat for the phase change cools the remaining liquid.
What part of speech is autorefrigeration?
Autorefrigeration is a noun.

Words near autorefrigeration in the dictionary

  1. autorefractometry
  2. autorefractor
  3. autorefractors
  4. autorefresh
  5. autorefrigerated
  6. autorefrigeration
  7. autoregenerate
  8. autoregeneration
  9. autoregenerative
  10. autoregister
  11. autoregistered

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