cryogenic

English

Etymology

From cryo- +‎ -genic.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkɹaɪoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/, /ˌkɹaɪəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɪk

Adjective

cryogenic (comparative more cryogenic, superlative most cryogenic)

  1. 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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