TEMPERATURE REDUCTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temperature reduction mean? 

• TEMPERATURE REDUCTION (noun)
  The noun TEMPERATURE REDUCTION has 1 sense:

1. the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

  Familiarity information: TEMPERATURE REDUCTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPERATURE REDUCTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

chilling; cooling; temperature reduction

Hypernyms ("temperature reduction" is a kind of...):

temperature change (a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temperature reduction"):

freeze; freezing (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)

heat dissipation (dissipation of heat)

infrigidation; refrigeration (the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes)