refrigeration

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

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.