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The terms and definitions included in this glossary were taken from "ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration".
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Term Definition
cold shrink fitting

process for assembling two precision‑ma­chined parts by cooling the inner member so that it can be inserted into the outer member; the members fit tightly together when both are at the same temperature.

 

 
cold storage

trade or process of preserving perishables by refriger­a­tion 

 
cold storage disease (storage disorder)

injury to produce occurring during storage 

 
cold storage locker

cold storage establishment containing food storage boxes or lockers for in­dividual users.

 

 
cold storage room

cold room designed to receive and store produce sometimes already cooled down to approximately the desired storage temperature 

 
cold store

refrigerated warehouse 

 
cold store facility (cold store complex;

warehouses and food processing plants grouped with a central refrigerating installation.

 
cold trap

apparatus in which the walls are cooled in order to condense and trap vapors; can be used to reduce pressure 

 
colloidal particle

particles dispersed in a medium and having a state of subdivision, at least in one direction, in dimension roughly between 1 nm and 1 mm.

 

 
color rendition

effect of a light source on the color appearance of an object, in a conscious or unconscious comparison with the color appearance observed under a reference light source, usually daylight.

 

 




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