What does infrigidation mean?
Infrigidation means (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; freezing..
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/ɪnˌfɹɪd͡ʒɪˈdeɪʃən/ · noun
(obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; freezing..
[T]his ſeal'd vial, being broken under water, ſuck'd in a conſiderable quantity of it, whether, becauſe of ſome little rarefaction of the Air included in the ſealing, or becauſe of the infrigidation of that Air by the ſnow, or for both theſe Reaſons, or any other, I ſhall not Now diſpute.
Use infrigidation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Infrigidation means (obsolete) The act of chilling or making cold; freezing..
Common synonyms include refrigeration.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[T]his ſeal'd vial, being broken under water, ſuck'd in a conſiderable quantity of it, whether, becauſe of ſome little rarefaction of the Air included in the ſealing, or becauſe of the infrigidation of that Air by the ſnow, or for both theſe Reaſons, or any other, I ſhall not Now diſpute.
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