Definition of "air-conditioning" [air-conditioning]

• Present participle of air-condition. (verb)
• Alternative spelling of air conditioning. (noun)

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• "I remember the hot Washington summers of 1977 and 1978—it would be ninety-five degrees outside and Carter would have the White House air-conditioning turned off."
• "She makes casual conversation with two elderly volunteers who have come in to rest by the window air-conditioning unit, which seems to be making no progress against the heat, despite its noisy clamor."
• "Bin Laden pushed his survivalist ideas to absurd lengths, forbidding his family to use refrigerators and air-conditioning even when they lived in the scorching Sudanese capital of Khartoum."