Coolant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  coolant \coolant\ n.
     a fluid (gas or liquid) used to cool a device by transferring
     heat away from one part to another.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  coolant
       n : a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling;
           especially one used to cool a system by transfering heat
           away from one part to another; "he added more coolant to
           the car's radiator"; "the atomic reactor used a gas
           coolant"; "lathe operators use an emulsion of oil and
           water as a coolant for the cutting tool"