autorefrigeration

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English

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Etymology

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From auto- +‎ refrigeration.

Noun

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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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