The process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes.

synonym: infrigidation.

Roget 385: refrigeration, infrigidation^†, reduction of temperature; cooling etc. v.; congelation^†, conglaciation^†; ice etc. 383; solidification etc. (density) 321; ice box (refrigerator) 385.    extincteur [Fr.]; fire annihilator; amianth^†, amianthus^†; earth-flax, mountain-flax; flexible asbestos; fireman, fire brigade (incombustibility) 388.1. incombustibility, incombustibleness etc. adj.^†.    (insulation) 388.1. air conditioning [residential cooling], central air conditioning; air conditioner; fan, attic fan; dehumidifier.    ... show more

Roget 376: insensibility, physical insensibility; obtuseness etc. adj.; palsy, paralysis, paraesthesia [Med.], anaesthesia; sleep etc. 823; hemiplegia^†, motor paralysis; vegetable state; coma.    anaesthetic agent, opium, ether, chloroform, chloral; nitrous oxide, laughing gas; exhilarating gas, protoxide of nitrogen; refrigeration.    ... show more

Dutch: koeling, koeltechniek

Deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes.