Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To reduce the temperature of (produce or meat, for example) by artificial means before packaging or shipping.
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- verb transitive To
cool in advance .
Etymologies
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pre- + cool
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Examples
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Instead of turning on the air-conditioning at 5 p.m. with the rest of the neighborhood, for example, the system could automatically precool the house when there's less demand for energy, making it cheaper.
Fast Company Stephanie Schomer 2010
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Customers can also feel good about their decision to preheat or precool their ride, says Ford powertrain engineers and emission experts.
Autoblog Green 2010
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4.3.2 Free Cooling Newer datacenters often insert a cooling tower to precool the condenser water loop fluid using "free cooling" before it reaches the chiller.
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