English

Alternative forms

• frigorifical
• frigorifick (obsolete)

Adjective

frigorific ‎(comparative more frigorific, superlative most frigorific)

1. causing to cool or chill
   • 1801, Richard Walker, "On the Production of artificial Cold by Means of Muriate of Lime," Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, page 124:

     "Pr. LOWITZ has discovered a single frigorific mixture, by which quicksilver may be frozen..."

   • 2007, C.A. Hidalgo et al., "The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations," Science 317(5837):

     "They would certainly have the soil, climate, packing technologies, and frigorific trucks."