Definition of "precool" []

• To reduce the temperature of (produce or meat, for example) by artificial means before packaging or shipping. (verb-transitive)

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• "Instead of turning on the air-conditioning at 5 p.m. with the rest of the neighborhood, for example, the system could automatically precool the house when there's less demand for energy, making it cheaper."
• "Customers can also feel good about their decision to preheat or precool their ride, says Ford powertrain engineers and emission experts."
• "4.3.2 Free Cooling Newer datacenters often insert a cooling tower to precool the condenser water loop fluid using "free cooling" before it reaches the chiller."