supercool

supercool
/sooh'peuhr koohl"/, v.t.
1. to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
v.i.
2. to become supercooled.
adj.
3. very cool in temperature, esp. of the maximum coolness possible: used as a setting on air conditioners.
4. Slang. very cool; very sophisticated, up-to-date, unemotional, etc.
[1905-10; SUPER- + COOL]

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