autorefrigeration

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

auto- +‎ refrigeration

Noun[edit]

autorefrigeration (uncountable)

  1. refrigeration by storing a liquid at its boiling point for the pressure at which it is stored, so that, as vapour boils off, heat for the phase change cools the remaining liquid

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