liquid air
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liquid air - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Liquid air \Liq"uid air\ (Physics)
A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color,
consisting of a mixture of liquefied oxygen and nitrogen. It
is prepared by subjecting air to great pressure and then
cooling it by its own expansion to a temperature below the
boiling point of its constituents (N: -194[deg] C; O:
-183[deg] C.).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
liquid air - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
liquid air
n 1: air in a liquid state
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