TEMPERATURE REDUCTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

Synonyms:

chilling; cooling; temperature reduction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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)