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refrigerants

refrigerants is the plural of refrigerant.

Meaning of refrigerant

Noun

refrigerant (plural refrigerants)

  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. That which makes cool or cold, such as a medicine for allaying the symptoms of fever.
    • […] 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.1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Dublin: Whitestone et al., Volume 2, Lecture 32, p. 403

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Questions about refrigerants

What is refrigerants the plural of?
Refrigerants is the plural of refrigerant.

Words near refrigerants in the dictionary

  1. refries
  2. refrig
  3. refrig.
  4. refrigerable
  5. refrigerant
  6. refrigerants
  7. refrigeratable
  8. refrigerate
  9. refrigerated
  10. refrigerates
  11. refrigerating

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