refrigerante — meaning in English

English meaning

• coolant noun A liquid or gas used to absorb and carry away heat from a machine or system.
• cooling adjective Producing a lower temperature or a refreshing sense of coldness.
• soda noun A sweet carbonated soft drink.

Senses

refrigerante is used for these senses in English:

• coolant A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.
• cooling That cools.
• refrigerant A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc.
• soda (uncountable) Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
• soda pop (US, regional) Any of several sweetened, carbonated beverages.
• soft drink Any non-alcoholic drink that is carbonated, and usually also sweet. (In this sense, juice, milk, tea and coffee are not soft drinks.)

cooling — full definition

1. adjective Producing a lower temperature or a refreshing sense of coldness.
2. noun A reduction in temperature, or the process of achieving one.

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