cooling

DEFINITIONS OF: cooling

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; freeze, freezing
the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid; heat dissipation
dissipation of heat; infrigidation, refrigeration
the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes; freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization
a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes; frost, icing
the formation of frost or ice on a surface

Type of:: temperature change
a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes

“the cooling was overhead fans”

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; air conditioner, air conditioning
a system that keeps air cool and dry; coolant system
a cooling system that uses a fluid to transfer heat from one place to another; cooling tower
a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant; evaporative cooler
a cooling system that cools by evaporation; refrigeration system
a cooling system for chilling or freezing (usually for preservative purposes)

Type of:: mechanism
device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

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