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From auto- + refrigeration.
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Today it means: refrigeration by storing a liquid at its boiling point for the pressure at which it is stored, so that, as vapour boils off, heat for the phase change cools the remaining liquid Full definition →
From auto- + refrigeration.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.