refrigerator apparatus

  • 1Refrigerator — Re*frig er*a tor ( ? t?r), n. That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically: (a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice. (b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated liquids or… …

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  • 2Refrigerator car — Refrigerator Re*frig er*a tor ( ? t?r), n. That which refrigerates or makes cold; that which keeps cool. Specifically: (a) A box or room for keeping food or other articles cool, usually by means of ice. (b) An apparatus for rapidly cooling heated …

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  • 3Refrigerator car — A refrigerator car (or reefer ) is a refrigerated boxcar, a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures. Refrigerator cars differ from simple insulated boxcars and ventilated boxcars (commonly… …

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  • 4Refrigerator truck — A refrigerator truck is a van truck designed to carry perishable freight at specific low temperatures. Like Refrigerator cars, refrigerated trucks differ from simple insulated and ventilated vans (commonly used for transporting fruit), neither of …

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  • 5refrigerator — Appliance Ap*pli ance, n. 1. The act of applying; application. [1913 Webster] 2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a… …

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  • 6refrigerator — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fridge*, icebox, Frigidaire (trademark), cooler, cold storage box, locker, refrigerator car, electric refrigerator, cooling apparatus, refrigeration equipment, freezer, deep freezer, quick freezer, deepfreeze …

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  • 7refrigerator — /ri frij euh ray teuhr/, n. 1. a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration. 2. the part of a distilling apparatus that cools the volatile material, causing it to condense;… …

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  • 8refrigerator — re•frig•er•a•tor [[t]rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪ tər[/t]] n. 1) a box, room, or cabinet in which food, drink, etc., are kept cool by means of ice or mechanical refrigeration 2) the part of a distilling apparatus that cools the volatile material, causing it to …

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  • 9Einstein refrigerator — The Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts and requires only a heat source to operate. It was jointly invented in 1926 by Albert Einstein and his former student Leó Szilárd and patented in the US on November …

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  • 10Chaplin's Patent Distilling Apparatus with Steam Pump — Chaplins patent sea water distilling apparatus. Alexander Chaplin Co. (also known as A.C. and Co., Alex. Chaplin Co.) was an important and highly regarded[1] engineering and manufacturing syndicat …

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