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frigoric

frigoric noun: a hypothetical fluid medium of cold, in analogy to caloric.

Noun

frigoric (uncountable)

  1. A hypothetical fluid medium of cold, in analogy to caloric.
    • The Insinuation of this cold Moisture by the Skin into the Body, is a very likely Cause of cold-catching, as the Attack of that Indisposition is most common and general at the off-going of Frost or Storms by Rain, misling, or thick Fogs. And perhaps in this cold moist Air may be a Mixture of some...1750, Thomas Short, New observations, natural, moral, civil, political..., page 425
    • However abundant may be the deposition of hoar frost, the water beneath a bridge will receive no part of it. The surface of the water has therefore this cause of refrigeration less than at the other parts. Its caloric is not taken away but by the mere contact of the air. This condition would be...1806 M. Dispan, Professor of Chemistry at Toulouse:. "Observations on the Congelation of Water". А Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. VOL. XV. pp. 251-253

Examples of frigoric in a sentence

  • The author of these experiments assured me, that in a frosty night the frigoric fell perpendicularly from the atmosphere upon the surface of the earth; and he offered the following proof.1806 M. Dispan, Professor of Chemistry at Toulouse:. "Observations on the Congelation of Water". А Journal of Natural Philosophy...
  • The frigoric which is rendered latent in water, on its becoming ice, can be extricated or liberated in very amusing ways, by various frigorific mixtures.1845, Edward King, Bliss not riches:

Questions about frigoric

What does frigoric mean?
Frigoric means a hypothetical fluid medium of cold, in analogy to caloric.
How do you use frigoric in a sentence?
The author of these experiments assured me, that in a frosty night the frigoric fell perpendicularly from the atmosphere upon the surface of the earth; and he offered the following proof.
What part of speech is frigoric?
Frigoric is a noun.

Words near frigoric in the dictionary

  1. Frigo
  2. frigocyclinone
  3. frigolabile
  4. frigophilic
  5. frigophobia
  6. frigoric
  7. frigorie
  8. frigories
  9. frigorific
  10. frigorifical
  11. frigorifically

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