refrigerant

Etymology
, present participle of.

Noun

 * 1) A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
 * 2) That which makes cool or cold, such as a medicine for allaying the symptoms of fever.
 * 3) * 1783,, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Dublin: Whitestone et al., Volume 2, Lecture 32, p.403,
 * never give warning that you are about to be pathetic; and call upon your hearers, as is sometimes done, to follow you in the attempt. This almost never fails to prove a refrigerant to passion.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , 雪種
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kylmäaine
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მაცივებელი, მაგრილებელი, მაცივებელი აგენტი, მაგრილებელი აგენტი, სამაცივრო აგენტი
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: matū whakamātao
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kjølemedium
 * Nynorsk: kjølemedium
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian: охладител
 * Finnish: viilentäjä ;

Adjective

 * 1)  That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever.
 * 2) * 1627,, Sylua Syluarum: or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, London: William Lee, VIII. Century, p.204,
 * This Experiment may be transferred vnto the Cure of Gangrenes, either Comming of themselues, or induced by too much Applying of Opiates: Wherein you must beware of Dry Heat, and resort to Things that are Refrigerant, with an Inward Warmth, and Vertue of Cherishing.
 * 1) * 1859,, The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, Volume 29, Chapter 2, pp.54-55,
 * They employ the coco-nut extensively; This immoderate use of the fruit is, according to the people, far from wholesome: it is considered, by its refrigerant properties, to cause rheumatic pains
 * They employ the coco-nut extensively; This immoderate use of the fruit is, according to the people, far from wholesome: it is considered, by its refrigerant properties, to cause rheumatic pains

Noun

 * 1) coolant,