aircon

plural aircons

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of air-con (“air conditioning; air conditioner”).

   using the aircon at mid-setting or at 25 degrees Celsius for maximum efficiency.

   2019 September 9, “Meralco rates down for the fifth straight month”, in Manila Bulletin, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2019

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   And when I suggested turning the aircon off to make the battery last longer, he threw back his head and laughed; later I read that the car’s economy driving mode does exactly that, turning off aircon to extend the car’s range.

   2015 September 10, Jemima Kiss, “Clean and green, but an electric car can give a driver some shocks”, in The Guardian

present singular third person aircons · participle present airconning · participle past airconned · past airconned

1. alternativeAlternative form of air-con (“to air-condition”).

   How about using highway toll collection money to aircon the foodcourt stops? The flies may be eradicated then.

   1999 June 6, James Lee, “Aircon foodcourts at North-South highway stops.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

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   My heating and cooling bills were within reason for the past 3 years. We only ran the AC/Heat from 6pm to midnight, but with the arrival of my son and mother-inlaw^([sic]) we must heat and AC 24 hrs a day. Our house is 2000 sq/ft and is cooled by a couple of window units. We don't attempt to aircon the entire house, just the downstairs living area and the bedrooms.

   1997 June 18, Brooks Taylor, “AC/Heat from ground?”, in sci.engr.heat-vent-ac (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

   A good first step might be to wall in the underground platforms as is done in Southeast Asia. Makes it much cheaper to aircon the platforms.

   2007 June 11, Miguel Cruz, “Tube trains to carry giant 'ice blocks' to cool commuters”, in rec.travel.europe (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

   My only concern with airconning the trains, is that the tunnels and more importantly, the stations would become hotter, so then they will need airconning too.

   2009 August 25, Toonie, “New colours for the tube map”, in alt.running.out.of.newsgroup.names (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026