cryogenic
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɹaɪoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/, /ˌkɹaɪəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Adjective
cryogenic (comparative more cryogenic, superlative most cryogenic)
- Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.
- 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 179:
- Quick as a mongoose, the man with the glass eye darts in, yanks the aluminum case out of the cryogenic cylinder, tosses it to Y.T.
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Translations
of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures
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