CRYOGENIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to very low temperatures

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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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