Cryogenics vs Freezing - What's the difference?
cryogenics | freezing |
the science and technology of the production of very low temperatures
the scientific study of low temperature phenomena
(literally) Suffering or causing frost
(by extension, chiefly, hyperbole) Very cold
(uncountable, physics, chemistry) The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
* 1829 , James Macauley, The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New York
(countable, medicine) The action of numbing with anesthetics.
As nouns the difference between cryogenics and freezing
is that cryogenics is the science and technology of the production of very low temperatures while freezing is (uncountable|physics|chemistry) the change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.As an adjective freezing is
(literally) suffering or causing frost.As a verb freezing is
.cryogenics
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(wikipedia cryogenics)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* cryogenic * cryogenSee also
* cryonicsfreezing
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (literally) frosty * (very cold) ice-cold, icyNoun
(wikipedia freezing)- Hence, there is a succession of thawings and freezings . The former expand, and endeavour to restore the surface of the ground to its natural condition, while the latter contract and harden it.