refrigerant
pronunciation
How to pronounce refrigerant in British English:
UK [rɪ'frɪdʒərənt]
How to pronounce refrigerant in American English:
US [rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt]
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- Noun:
- a substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
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- Adjective:
- causing cooling or freezing
Word Origin
- refrigerant (adj.)
- 1590s, originally in medicine; from Latin refrigerans, present participle of refrigerare "make cool or cold, to cool down" (see refrigeration). As a noun from 1670s.
Example
- 1. The biggest change is the refrigerant used .
- 2. A refrigerant vaporises , absorbing heat from the air to be cooled .
- 3. In conventional vapour-compression systems used by aircon units , the refrigerant is compressed and condensed and then expanded and evaporated to cool the room .
- 4. The compounds are in a class of gases related to a refrigerant that 's about to be banned in europe .
- 5. Then a salty solution , commonly containing lithium bromide , absorbs the refrigerant vapours .