cryogenic
/krʌɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk
/adjective
1Relating to or involving the branch of physics that deals with the production and effects of very low temperatures: a powerful cryogenic engine...
- The dimensions are in agreement with the measurements performed with x-ray crystallography on cryogenic 3D LH2 crystals.
- The missile was the last Soviet ICBM using cryogenic propellant.
- The frozen embryo cannot survive outside of the cryogenic process.
2Relating to the deep-freezing of the bodies of people who have just died, in the hope that scientific advances may allow them to be revived in the future: a body being prepared for cryogenic preservation...
- The bodies or severed heads of 67 "patients" lie in cryogenic storage at the site.
- The body may have been kept in the cryogenic containment unit just a smidge too long.
- The body went back into cryogenic storage.
Derivatives
cryogenically
- The shiny metal cylinders represent the latest technology for storing fungi cryogenically.
- They were cryogenically frozen during the travel to conserve resources.
- The detector is housed in a vacuum assembly, cryogenically cooled to -320 degrees F.