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Webster 1913 Edition

Refrigeration

Re-frigˊer-a′tion

(-?′sh?n)

,

Noun.

[Cf. F.

réfrigération

, L.

refrigeratio

.]

The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.

Webster 1828 Edition

Refrigeration

REFRIGERA'TION

,

Noun.

The act of cooling; the abatement of heat; state of being cooled.

Definition 2024

refrigeration

refrigeration

See also: réfrigération

English

Noun

refrigeration ‎(countable and uncountable, plural refrigerations)

The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
The process of preserving something by cooling.
(medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.

Translations

process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it

Finnish: jäähdytys (fi), jäähdyttäminen (fi), viilentäminen, kylmentäminen
French: réfrigération (fr) f
German: Kühlung (de) f
Italian: refrigerazione (it) f
Norwegian: kjøling m, f

Portuguese: refrigeração (pt) f
Romanian: răcire (ro) f, refrigerare (ro) f
Russian: охлажде́ние (ru) n ‎(oxlaždénije)
Spanish: refrigeración f
Swedish: kylning c, avkylning c
Tagalog: palamigan

process of preserving something by cooling

Chinese:
Mandarin: 冷藏 (zh) ‎(lěngcáng)
Finnish: kylmäsäilytys
French: réfrigération (fr) f
German: Tiefkühlung (de) f

Japanese: 冷却 (ja) ‎(れいきゃく, reikyaku)
Norwegian: kjøling m, f
Romanian: răcire (ro) f, refrigerare (ro) f
Russian: замора́живание (ru) n ‎(zamoráživanije), охлажде́ние (ru) n ‎(oxlaždénije)
Tagalog: palamigan

cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes

Finnish: viilentäminen
Norwegian: nedkjøling m, f

Romanian: răcire (ro) f, refrigerație (ro) f