refrigeration
pronunciation
How to pronounce refrigeration in British English:
UK [rɪˌfrɪdʒə'reɪʃn]
How to pronounce refrigeration in American English:
US [rɪˌfrɪdʒə'reɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
- deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
Word Origin
- refrigeration (n.)
- late 15c., "act of cooling or freezing," from Latin refrigerationem (nominative refrigeratio) "a cooling, mitigation of heat," especially in sickness, noun of action from past participle stem of refrigerare "to cool down," from re- "again" (see re-) + frigerare "make cool," from frigus (genitive frigoris) "cold" (see frigid). Specifically "freezing provisions as a means of preserving them" from 1881.
Example
- 1. Potential applications of the phenomenon include energy-efficient lighting and cryogenic refrigeration .
- 2. In particular , panama is short of refrigeration capacity to preserve its produce .
- 3. The logistical system for food transportation is problematic , including a lack of refrigeration .
- 4. And the morgue lacked refrigeration , so the unidentified corpse was beginning to decompose .
- 5. Manufacturing methods and ingredients improved , while refrigeration technology became cheaper and more efficient .