COLDNESS

coldness, coolness, frigidity, frigidness, iciness, chilliness

(noun) a lack of affection or enthusiasm; “a distressing coldness of tone and manner”

coldness, cold, low temperature, frigidity, frigidness

(noun) the absence of heat; “the coldness made our breath visible”; “come in out of the cold”; “cold is a vasoconstrictor”

cold, coldness

(noun) the sensation produced by low temperatures; “he shivered from the cold”; “the cold helped clear his head”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coldness (countable and uncountable, plural coldnesses)

The relative lack of heat.

The sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures.

Limited enthusiasm or affection; coolness.

(physics) The reciprocal of absolute temperature.

Source: Wiktionary


Cold"ness, n.

Definition: The state or quality of being cold.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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