Lexic.us

Definition of Cooling

1. Noun. The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature.

2. Noun. A mechanism for keeping something cool. "The cooling was overhead fans"

Definition of Cooling

1. p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.

Definition of Cooling

1. Verb. (present participle of cool) ¹

2. Noun. a decrease in temperature ¹

3. Noun. refrigeration ¹

4. Adjective. that cools ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cooling

1. cool [v] - See also: cool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooling

cooley cooleys coolheaded coolheadedly coolheadedness coolhunter coolhunters coolhunting coolibah coolibahs

coolibar coolibars coolie coolie itch coolies cooling (current term) cooling-off period cooling-tower cooling system cooling tower

coolingly coolings coolio coolish coolly coolness coolnesses coolroom coolrooms cools

Literary usage of Cooling

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

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"88686 С See also Air cooling, under HEATING AND cooling. Central Plants. ... cooling Sprays. cooling Condensing Water by Means of Spray Nozzles. ..."

2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"Other Factors to consider in cooling are the carbon content and the size of the object. In general, the lower the carbon the more rapid may be the rate of ..."

3. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"In localities where water for cooling purposes has to be purchased by the barrel and where it contains a large percentage of scale forming salts the cooling ..."

4. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1908)
"The method of cooling transformers by means of forced- water circulation has ... The essential feature is a cooling coil of pipe composed of a number of ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall (1900)
"(b) Reasonable Time for cooling.—It is not necessary, however, in all cases, to show that the blood actually did cool, in order to make out a case of murder ..."

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