Definition of Cooldown

1. Noun. (video games) The minimum length of time that the player needs to wait after using an ability or item before it can be used again. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cooldown

1. a gradual return of physiological functions to normal levels after strenuous exercise [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooldown

cool jazz
cool kids
cool off
cool one's heels
cool one's jets
cool story bro
coolabah
coolabahs
coolamon
coolamons
coolant
coolant system
coolants
coolbox
coolboxes
cooldown (current term)
cooldowns
cooldrink
coole
cooled
cooled-knife method
cooled down
cooler
coolers
coolest
cooley
cooleys
coolheaded
coolheadedly
coolheadedness

Literary usage of Cooldown

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook For The Operation And Maintenance Of Hospital Medical Waste by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"The incinerator is manually loaded; the incinerator is sealed; and the incineration cycle is then continued through burndown, cooldown, and ash removal ..."

2. Utilisation and Reliability of High Power Proton Accelerators: Workshop by NEA Nuclear Science Committee (2005)
"Cryogenics system cooldown very soon. • Start SC linac commissioning at the beginning of 2005. • 81% energy gain from SC RF. • Budget figures of interest ..."

3. Physics of Plutonium Recycling: A Report by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (1995)
"... respect would be consideration of the boron coefficient and moderator temperature coefficient and their relevance to such transients as cooldown faults. ..."

4. Workshop on Advanced Nuclear Reactor Safety Issues and Research Needs: Paris by International Atomic Energy Agency, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2002)
"... so that the HT system remains filled with water after events such as a loss of forced circulation, a loss of main heat sinks, or a spurious cooldown. ..."

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