refrigeration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
    infrigidation.
  2. noun deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
    • refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath

WordNet


Re*frig`er*a"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. réfrigération, L. refrigeratio.
Definitions
  1. The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.

Webster 1913