Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A liquid, such as liquid nitrogen, that boils at a temperature below about 110 K (−160°C) and is used to obtain very low temperatures; a refrigerant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which produces cold; a freezing-mixture; an appliance or contrivance for reducing temperature below 0° C.
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- noun physics a
cryogenic liquid (that boils below about -160°C) used as arefrigerant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
Etymologies
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Examples
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The solid hydrogen, called a cryogen, was expected to last about 10 months -- the mission launched in December 2009.
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The "cryogen," a new apparatus constructed by Mr.E. Ducretet, from instructions given by Mr. Cailletet, is designed for effecting a fall of temperature of from 70° to 80° C. below zero, through the expansion of liquid carbonic acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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Their idea would require using excess energy from a plant to run a unit producing liquid nitrogen and oxygen - or 'cryogen'.
The Engineer - News 2010
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It's still in orbit but its cryogen has run out so it can no longer measure spectra, but can still take images with precision that would rival a 30-meter telescope on Earth.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Jean Chiar, Studying the Origins of Everything 2010
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It's still in orbit but its cryogen has run out so it can no longer measure spectra, but can still take images with precision that would rival a 30-meter telescope on Earth.
SETI Institute: Life at the SETI Institute: Jean Chiar, Studying the Origins of Everything 2010
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The temperature of production of the cryohydrate is identical with the lowest temperature which can be produced on employing a mixture of ice and the salt as a freezing mixture or cryogen.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various
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I know you've obviously had a clear amount of capacity with the cryogen in different facilities there.
unknown title 2011
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Ascend cryostat size also reduces cryogen consumption, making the new magnets even more economical to maintain.
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I remember reading one time that cryogen companies seriously inject the bodies with anti-freeze. on 03/17/2010, -0/+4They both do the same overall thing.
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I remember reading one time that cryogen companies seriously inject the bodies with anti-freeze. on 03/17/2010, -0/+4They both do the same overall thing.
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