Cooling vs. Refrigeration

Coolingverb

present participle of cool

Coolingnoun

A decrease in temperature.

Coolingnoun

Refrigeration.

Coolingadjective

That cools.

Coolingadjective

(Asian English). Of food or medicine, according to traditional Chinese medicine: serving to cool or calm the body.

Cooling

Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.

Coolingnoun

the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature

Coolingnoun

a mechanism for keeping something cool;

Cooling

Cooling is removal of heat, usually resulting in a lower temperature and/or phase change. Temperature lowering achieved by any other means may also be called cooling.

Refrigerationnoun

The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.

Refrigerationnoun

The process of preserving something by cooling.

Refrigerationnoun

(medicine) The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.

Refrigerationnoun

The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state of being cooled.

Refrigerationnoun

the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes

Refrigerationnoun

deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes;

Refrigeration

The term refrigeration means cooling a space, substance or system to lower and/or maintain its temperature below the ambient one (while the removed heat is rejected at a higher temperature). In other words, refrigeration is artificial (human-made) cooling.