Definitions for: Refrigerant


[n] a substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
[adj] causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide"



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*frig"er*ant (r?*fr?j"?r-ant), a. [L.
refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. r['e]frig['e]rant.
See Refrigerate.]
Cooling; allaying heat or fever. --Bacon.


Re*frig"er*ant, n.
That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine
or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of
fever; -- used also figuratively. --Holland. ``A refrigerant
to passion.'' --Blair.

Synonyms: cold, refrigerating

See Also: cryogen, matter, substance

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