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adjective cryo·gen·ic \ ˌkrī-ə-ˈje-nik \

Definition of cryogenic

1 a :of or relating to the production of very low temperatures

b :being or relating to very low temperatures

2 a :requiring or involving the use of a cryogenic temperature

b :requiring cryogenic storage

c :suitable for storage of a cryogenic substance

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cryogenically

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Recent Examples of cryogenic from the Web

In the race for Post 2, incumbent Quincy Holton drew opposition from Jason Evans, the owner of a cryogenic processing company.

— mark woolsey, ajc, "Cumming qualifying draws challengers," 29 Aug. 2017
For starters, the baby-faced Beck, at 47, looked like he'd been recently released from a late '90s cryogenic sleep.

— piet levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "An electrifying Beck worth the wait at first Milwaukee concert in 20 years," 17 Aug. 2017
That includes a group led by Leo Stodolsky, a physicist and director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany, which is developing cryogenic detectors that can spot nuclear recoils with far lower energies.

— adrian cho, Science | AAAS, "Milk jug–sized detector captures neutrinos in a whole new way," 3 Aug. 2017
Most cellular membranes on Earth also include fat-like molecules called lipids, but these lipid layers can't survive in cryogenic methane.

— shannon stirone, Popular Mechanics, "Chemical on Saturn's Moon Titan Could Form Cell Membranes," 28 July 2017
The actress will play a woman who mysteriously wakes up inside a cryogenic chamber and must escape before her air supply runs out.

— thr staff, The Hollywood Reporter, "What Matters in Hollywood Today," 21 July 2017
Much of that time was spent painstakingly developing an indigenous, cryogenic engine that uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as propellants, said ISRO's chairman, A.S. Kiran Kumar.

— max bearak, Washington Post, "India launches its most muscular rocket yet," 5 June 2017
India has long worked towards developing its own cryogenic engine, the upper stage engine technology required to carry heavier communication satellites, as showcased in Monday's launch.

— huizhong wu, CNN, "India is joining the world's space heavyweights," 5 June 2017
Unlike the Air Force's X-37B unmanned spaceplane that launches on top of an Atlas V rocket, the XS-1 will launch vertically on its own internal engines using cryogenic propellants—

— jay bennett, Popular Mechanics, "DARPA and Boeing Team Up to Build a Hypersonic Spaceplane, the "Phantom Express"," 24 May 2017

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First Known Use of cryogenic

1896

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cryogenic

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adjective cryo·gen·ic \ ˌkrī-ə-ˈjen-ik \

medical Definition of cryogenic

1 a :of or relating to the production of very low temperatures

b :being or relating to very low temperatures

2 :requiring or involving the use of a cryogenic temperature

cryogenic surgery

cryogenic arterial thrombolysis

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cryogenically

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