refrigerant

Definitions

General Science

• adjective used for cooling or freezing purposes
• noun a substance used to provide cooling or freezing either as the working substance of a refrigerator or by direct absorption of heat

Cars & Driving

• noun a substance used in refrigerating systems; automotive air conditioners now use non-Freon systems as well as the refrigerant R-12 (Freon) as a heat transfer medium

Construction

• The medium used to absorb heat in a cooling cycle.

Electronics

• A substance which serves to cool an object, material, region, component, device, piece of equipment, and so on. At cryogenic temperatures neon may be used as a refrigerant, at low temperatures nitrogen could be utilized, and air may be used at high temperatures, as in its cooling of heat sinks.

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Contexts for “refrigerant”

5 definitions in context
• General Science
• Cars & Driving
• Construction
• Electronics