cryogenics زمزاییک، زمزایی zamzâyik (#), zamzâyi (#)
Fr.: cryogénie A branch of physics that studies the methods of producing
very low temperatures (below 150 °C) and
the behavior of materials and processes at those temperatures. From cryo- "freezing" + -gen(y) "having to do with production" +
-ics.
Cryo-, from Gk. kryos "icy cold," krystallos "ice, crystal,"
PIE base *kreus- "to begin to freeze, form a crust;"
cf. L. crusta "crust, shell, bark," Skt. krud- "make hard,
thicken;" Av. xruzdra- "hard,"
Lett. kruwesis "frozen mud;" O.H.G. hrosa
"ice, crust;" O.E. hruse "earth."
-geny, from Gk. geneia, from genes "born,"
cf. Av. zan- "to bear, give birth to a child, be born," infinitive zazâite,
zâta- "born," cf. Skt. janati "begets, bears,"
L. gignere "to beget," PIE base *gen- "to give birth, beget."
→ -ics. Zamâzâyik, from zam "cold (weather)" + zâyi "generating"
+ -ik.
Mod.Pers. zam "cold," Mid.Pers. zam "winter," Av. zimô
"winter," Skt. hima- "cold, frost," Ossetic zymæg/zumæg "winter,"
Gk. xeimon "winter," L. hiems "winter," Lith. ziema "winter,"
PIE *gheim- "snow, winter."
Zâyi, from zâ- present tense stem of
zâdan "to give birth," Mid.Pers. zâtan,
Av. zan- "to bear, give birth to a child, be born," infinitive zazâite,
zâta- "born," cf. Skt. janati "begets, bears,"
L. gignere "to beget,"
PIE base *gen- "to give birth, beget," as above.
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