CRYOGEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant

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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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