冷却

れいきゃく

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive, Intransitive cooling; refrigeration
2. cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down

Kanji

• 冷 cool. Read as レイ.
• 却 away. Read as キャク.

Example sentences

• 風速冷却指数を考慮に入れると、気温は零下３０度以下であったに違いない。
  When we take the wind-chill factor into account, the temperature must have been lower than thirty degrees below zero centigrade.
• 傷むのを防ぐために、遠海で捕獲した魚は直ちに冷却される。
  When out at sea, to keep the fish that is caught from spoiling, it is immediately refrigerated.

Common phrases

• 冷却ができない
• 原子炉を冷却する

Words containing 冷却

• 冷却水 (れいきゃくすい) coolant
• 冷却ファン (れいきゃくファン) (cooling) fan
• 冷却材 (れいきゃくざい) coolant (in a nuclear reactor)

And 21 more.

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