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CRYOGENIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to very low temperatures
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
cryogen (a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant)
Derivation:
cryogenics (the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures)
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