coolant
pronunciation
How to pronounce coolant in British English:
UK [ˈkuːlənt]
How to pronounce coolant in American English:
US [ˈkuːlənt]
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- Noun:
- a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling; especially one used to cool a system by transfering heat away from one part to another
Word Origin
- coolant (n.)
- "radiator fluid," 1930, from cool (adj.) + -ant.
Example
- 1. The radiator overheated belching coolant into the snow .
- 2. Using helium as a coolant has at least a couple of advantages .
- 3. A few hours later , the alarms blared again when flight controllers tried to restart the stalled coolant pump .
- 4. The beach will have a network of pipes beneath the sand containing a coolant that will absorb heat from the surface .
- 5. Meanwhile , a crippled nuclear reactor was being flooded with sea water mixed with boron , an emergency replacement for regular coolant .