cryogenic

adjective

Definition of cryogenicnext
as in subzero

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Recent Examples of cryogenic The temperature in a cryogenic freezer in the cell-therapy lab starts climbing toward the danger line. — Corey Elinburg, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026 The email said that Kindbody had entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts. — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 16 June 2026 Then came an internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, just outside of Washington, where Person worked in the cryogenic branch to design and test a cryogenic heat pipe system for spacecraft applications as a way to efficiently transfer heat at extremely low temperatures. — Theresa Bourke, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026 While a big step forward from cryogenic systems, scaling requires a complex array of precise lasers. — Aldo Svaldi, Mercury News, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cryogenic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cryogenic
  1. subzero
  2. ultracold
  3. freezing
  4. arctic
  5. polar
  6. icy
  7. cold
  8. glacial
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  • Drawing on his time doing drag in Toronto, Shatford paid homage to the dedication needed to dress up in subzero temperatures.
    — Violet Goldstone, Footwear News, 5 June 2026
  • As the episode makes clear, fishing this far north comes with brutal conditions, including shallow waters, towering waves and subzero temperatures.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 7 May 2026
Definition of subzero
Adjective
  • Ongoing quantum research typically requires two things – ultracold temperatures and highly coherent lasers.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • There, the trio tinkered with ultracold electronics to show that unruly quantum effects could be made macroscopic and controlled.
    — Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2025
Definition of ultracold
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  • The freezing-water memories apparently became something of a theme for the franchise.
    — Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Elective egg freezing was considered experimental until about 2013, when freezing techniques improved.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of freezing
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  • His firm has been tracking worldwide advertising content for years, and it's seen a 30% to 40% increase in ad spend targeting warmer regions with arctic imagery.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The lander, which touched down in the arctic plains of Mars known as Vastitas Borealis in May 2008, was designed to seek water ice below the surface and hunt organic molecules.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of arctic
Adjective
  • Swiftly setting up launch sites allows military planners to confuse potential enemies, exploit unpredictable launch azimuths and trajectories for defense, complicate hostile tracking, and gain access to polar or high-inclination orbits.
    — David Szondy August 15, New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2026
  • But governments are also aware that as ice melts in the coming decades, transit seasons could extend and additional routes can open up, such as a potential trans-polar route that avoids Russian coastlines altogether.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of polar
Adjective
  • Perseid shooting stars appear as Earth enters the debris trail cast off by the icy comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The Arctic, often seen as merely a remote, icy landscape, actually plays a central role in regulating the planet’s climate.
    — Daniel Peck, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of icy
Adjective
  • Health benefits Peppermint oil is widely used as pain relief, digestive aid and cold relief.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Eldridge’s home run, a solo shot, was the latest exhibition of his game-changing power, an opposite-field, 423-foot blast that cleared the left-center field fence on a cold San Francisco (50-70) night with feet to spare.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of cold
Adjective
  • Federal legislation of social media has moved at a glacial pace.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • From Missoula, the Seeley-Swan Scenic Drive (aka Montana Highway 83) takes you through the pristine wilderness of the Seeley Swan Valley, past glimmering glacial lakes like Salmon Lake State Park, tucked into the pines right off the road.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026
Definition of glacial

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