Refrigerant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Refrigerant	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refrigerant adj causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" Synonym(s): refrigerant, refrigerating n any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refrigerant \Refrig"erant\ (r?*fr?j"?r-ant), a. [L. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. r[82]frig[82]rant. See {Refrigerate}.] Cooling; allaying heat or fever. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Refrigerant \Refrig"erant\, 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. [bd]A refrigerant to passion.[b8] --Blair.