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‖ primum frigidum Obs.|ˈpraɪməm ˈfrɪdʒɪdəm| [L., first cold.] Absolute or pure cold, which Parmenides (c 450 b.c.) accounted an elementary substance; the origin or source of cold.
1626Bacon Sylva §69 The Earth being (as hath beene noted by some) Primum Frigidum. 1665Boyle Exp. Hist. Cold xvii. §2, I think, that, before men had so hotly disputed, which is the Primum Frigidum, they would have done well to inquire, whether there be any such thing or no. |