cry·o·gen·ics (kr   -j n  ks)n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) The production of low temperatures or the study of low-temperature phenomena. Also called cryogeny. |
cryogenics [ˌkraɪəˈdʒɛnɪks]
n
(Physics / General Physics) (functioning as singular) the branch of physics concerned with the production of very low temperatures and the phenomena occurring at these temperatures
cryogenic adj
| cryogenics (kr-jnks) The scientific study of how matter behaves at very low temperatures, sometimes approaching absolute zero, and how such temperatures can be achieved and maintained. See also superconductivitysuperfluid |
cryogenics
the branch of physics that studies the production and effects of very low temperatures. — cryogenic, adj.
See also: Cold
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| Noun | 1. | cryogenics - the branch of physics that studies the phenomena that occur at very low temperatures absolute zero - (cryogenics) the lowest temperature theoretically attainable (at which the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules is minimal); 0 Kelvin or -273.15 centigrade or -459.67 Fahrenheit natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" |
Translations
cryogenics [ˌkraɪəʊˈdʒɛnɪks] n → cryogénie f
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