refrigeration

See also: réfrigération

English

Etymology

From Latin refrigero Morphologically refrigerate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

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Noun

refrigeration (countable and uncountable, plural refrigerations)

1. The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
2. The process of preserving something by cooling.
3. (medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.

Derived terms

• ton of refrigeration

Translations

process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it

• Bulgarian: охлаждане (bg) n (ohlaždane)
• Finnish: jäähdytys (fi), jäähdyttäminen (fi), viilentäminen (fi), kylmentäminen (fi)
• French: réfrigération (fr) f
• German: Kühlung (de) f
• Hungarian: hűtés (hu), lehűtés (hu), behűtés, (by solidifying) fagyasztás (hu), lefagyasztás
• Irish: cuisniú m
• Italian: refrigerazione (it) f
• Norwegian: kjøling m or f
• Portuguese: refrigeração (pt) f
• Romanian: răcire (ro) f, refrigerare (ro) f
• Russian: охлажде́ние (ru) n (oxlaždénije)
• Spanish: refrigeración (es) f
• Swedish: kylning (sv) c, avkylning (sv) c
• Tagalog: palamigan

process of preserving something by cooling

• Bulgarian: охлаждане (bg) n (ohlaždane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冷藏 (zh) (lěngcáng)

• Finnish: kylmäsäilytys
• French: réfrigération (fr) f
• German: Tiefkühlung (de) f
• Irish: cuisniú m
• Japanese: 冷却 (ja) (れいきゃく, reikyaku)
• Norwegian: kjøling m or f
• Romanian: răcire (ro) f, refrigerare (ro) f
• Russian: замора́живание (ru) n (zamoráživanije), охлажде́ние (ru) n (oxlaždénije)
• Tagalog: palamigan

cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes

• Finnish: viilentäminen (fi)
• Norwegian: nedkjøling m or f
• Romanian: răcire (ro) f, refrigerație (ro) f

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Translations to be checked

• Catalan: refrigeració f
• Romanian: refrigerare (ro) f