TEMPERATURE REDUCTION
Dictionary entry overview: What does temperature reduction mean?
• TEMPERATURE REDUCTION (noun)
The noun TEMPERATURE REDUCTION has 1 sense:
1. the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
Familiarity information: TEMPERATURE REDUCTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TEMPERATURE REDUCTION (noun)
Meaning:
The process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
chilling; cooling; temperature reduction
Hypernyms ("temperature reduction" is a kind of...):
temperature change (a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temperature reduction"):
freeze; freezing (the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid)
heat dissipation (dissipation of heat)
infrigidation; refrigeration (the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes)
