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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Solid carbon dioxide that sublimates at −78.5°C (−110°F) and is used primarily as a coolant.
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- noun
Carbon dioxide frozen in thesolid state, used especially as a cooling agent and for the production of fog-like special effects. Itsublimes at -78.5°C (-109.3°F) at normal atmospheric pressure.
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- noun solidified carbon dioxide; dry ice sublimates at -78.5 C and is used mainly as a refrigerant
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Originally a trademark.]
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A genericised trademark of Prest Air Devices
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