refrigerant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator)
  2. adjective satellite causing cooling or freezing
    refrigerating.
    • a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide

WordNet

Re*frig"er*ant adjective
Etymology
L. refrigerans, p. pr. of refrigerare: cf. F. réfrigérant. See Refrigerate.
Definitions
  1. Cooling; allaying heat or fever. Bacon.
Re*frig"er*ant noun
Definitions
  1. That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively. Holland. "A refrigerant to passion." Blair.

Webster 1913