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Webster 1913 Edition

Refrigerant

Re-frig′er-ant

(r?-fr?j′?r-ant)
,
Adj.
[L.
refrigerans
, p. pr. of
refrigerare
: cf. F.
réfrigérant
. See
Refrigerate
.]
Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
Bacon.

Re-frig′er-ant

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Refrigerant

REFRIG'ERANT

,
Adj.
[See Refrigerate.]
Cooling; allaying heat.

REFRIG'ERANT

,
Noun.
Among physicians, a medicine which abates heat and refreshes the patient.

Definition 2024

refrigerant

refrigerant

See also: réfrigérant

English

Adjective

refrigerant ‎(comparative more refrigerant, superlative most refrigerant)

  1. That cools or freezes; allaying heat or fever.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

Noun

refrigerant ‎(plural refrigerants)

  1. A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
  2. That which makes cool or cold, such as a medicine for allaying the symptoms of fever.
    A refrigerant to passion. — Blair.

Translations

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Catalan

Verb

refrigerant

  1. present participle of refrigerar

Latin

Verb

rēfrīgerant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of rēfrīgerō

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