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Refrigerant : adj : causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such
as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: refrigerating]
(noun)
1: a substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Refrigerant : \Re*frig"er*ant\ (r?*fr?j"?r-ant), a. [L.
refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. r['e]frig['e]rant.
See Refrigerate.]
Cooling; allaying heat or fever. --Bacon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Refrigerant : \Re*frig"er*ant\, n.
That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine
or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of
fever; -- used also figuratively. --Holland. ``A refrigerant
to passion.'' --Blair.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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