| CRYOCABLES | • CRYOCABLE n. a highly conducting electric cable cooled with a refrigerant. |
| CRYOCONITE | • cryoconite n. (Geology) Dark silt accumulating mainly from airborne volcanic sediment or soot from artificial pollution… • CRYOCONITE n. dust found on the surface of polar ice. |
| CRYOGENICS | • cryogenics n. The science and technology of the production of very low temperatures. • cryogenics n. The scientific study of low-temperature phenomena. • CRYOGENICS n. the branch of physics and technology that deals with the production of very low temperatures and their effects, also CRYOGENY. |
| CRYOGENIES | • CRYOGENY n. a branch of physics. |
| CRYOMETERS | • cryometers n. Plural of cryometer. • CRYOMETER n. an instrument for measuring low temperatures, also KRYOMETER. |
| CRYOMETRIC | • cryometric adj. Of or relating to cryometry, or measured using a cryometer. • CRYOMETRIC adj. relating to the measurement of low temperatures. |
| CRYONICIST | • cryonicist n. One who works in the field of cryonics. • cryonicist n. A person who is, or who wishes to be, preserved cryonically. |
| CRYOPHILIC | • cryophilic adj. (Microbiology) growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius. • CRYOPHILIC adj. cold-loving. |
| CRYOPHORUS | • cryophorus n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary… • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| CRYOPHYTES | • cryophytes n. Plural of cryophyte. • CRYOPHYTE n. an organism esp. an alga or moss that grows on snow or ice. |
| CRYOPROBES | • cryoprobes n. Plural of cryoprobe. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| CRYOSCOPES | • cryoscopes n. Plural of cryoscope. • CRYOSCOPE n. an instrument for determining freezing points of substances. |
| CRYOSCOPIC | • cryoscopic adj. (Chemistry, physics) of or pertaining to cryoscopy; determined using a cryoscope. • CRYOSCOPIC adj. relating to cryoscopy. |
| CRYOSTATIC | • cryostatic adj. Of or pertaining to a cryostat or to cryostasis. • cryostatic adj. (Geology) of or pertaining to the pressure exerted on soil or rocks by the freezing of water. • CRYOSTATIC adj. relating to the use of a cryostat, an apparatus for achieving or demonstrating cooling by evaporation; any apparatus for obtaining a low temperature. |