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CRYOGEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cryogen mean?
• CRYOGEN (noun)
The noun CRYOGEN has 1 sense:
1. a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
Familiarity information: CRYOGEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("cryogen" is a kind of...):
refrigerant (any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cryogen"):
liquid nitrogen (nitrogen in a liquid state)
liquid air (air in a liquid state)
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