coolant

cool·ant | \ ˈkü-lənt

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Definition of coolant

: a usually fluid cooling agent

Examples of coolant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web It is constantly pumped up, treated and stored in tanks, while part of it is recycled as coolant. — Fox News, "Japan advances plan to release Fukushima plant's radioactive water into the sea," 1 Feb. 2020 But even without its cryogenic coolant, the observatory was still a frigid 28 degrees above absolute zero -- minus 410 degrees Fahrenheit — behind its protective solar panel. — William Harwood, CBS News, "The end of the road for NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope," 29 Jan. 2020 Mission Control in Houston said after a coolant line leak stopped. — SFChronicle.com, "News of the Day From Across the Nation," 25 Jan. 2020 Because twist fridges work with materials like rubber, instead of coolants, their environmental impact is enticingly lower. — Jordan Wilkerson, Dallas News, "UT Dallas researchers create fridges with a twist," 23 Jan. 2020 In 2011, the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s nuclear plant there underwent a process identical to Chernobyl: a loss of coolant that provoked a meltdown. — Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, "'Midnight in Chernobyl' explores the world's worst nuclear disaster," 31 Jan. 2019 The pan features oil and coolant passages that increase cooling capacity by 25 percent compared to the LT1 in the C7. — Dan Carney, Popular Science, "The Corvette is finally the supercar it deserves to be," 2 Jan. 2020 Buildup of grime is fairly common in coolant systems, so there could be a restriction somewhere. — Zachary Palmer, Popular Mechanics, "How To Fix Your Car's Heater," 11 Nov. 2019 The ozone layer over the Antarctic is expected to recover by 2070 as compounds used as coolants, called chlorofluorocarbons, decline. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "The Antarctic ozone hole is the smallest since it was discovered," 21 Oct. 2019

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“Coolant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coolant. Accessed 26 Feb. 2020.

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