Home › Words › F › frigefactionfrigefactionfrigefaction means the act of making cold; cooling.EtymologyFrom Latin frigere (“to be cold”) + facere (“to make”).nounThe act of making cold; cooling.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.infrigidation 81% match — The act of chilling or making cold; freezing. vs frigefaction →frigefactive 81% match — Cooling. vs frigefaction →frigorific 80% match — Causing to chill or cool. vs frigefaction →frigify 74% match — To make cold or frigid. vs frigefaction →frigerate 73% match — To make cool. vs frigefaction →congelation 71% match — The act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state, as by the abstraction of heat; the act or process of freezing. vs frigefaction →refrigerating 70% match — Causing refrigeration. vs frigefaction →refrigeration 70% match — The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it. vs frigefaction →