Refrigerant

rē-frij′ė-rant, adj. making cold: cooling: refreshing.— n. that which cools.— v.t. Rēfrig′erāte , to make cold: to cool: to refresh.— n. Rēfrigerā′tion .— adjs. Rēfrig′erātive , Rēfrig′erātory , cooling: refreshing.— ns. Rēfrig′erātor , an apparatus for preserving food by keeping it at a low temperature: an ice-safe; Rēfrig′erātor-car , a freight-car fitted for preserving meat, ., during transmi ion, by means of cold; Rēfrig′erātory , a cooler: a ve el or apparatus for cooling, used in brewing, .; Rēfrigē′rium ( obs. ), cooling refreshment. [Fr.,—L. re- , denoting change of state, frigerāre , -ātum , to cool, frig us , cold.]