by HenryJoeBenry January 28, 2019

Cooling towers are heat removal devices used to transfer process waste heat to the atmosphere. Cooling towers may either use the evaporation of water to remove process heat and cool the working fluid to near the wet-bulb air temperature or rely solely on air to cool the working fluid to near the dry-bulb air temperature. Common applications include cooling the circulating water used in oil refineries, chemical plants, power stations and building cooling. The towers vary in size from small roof-top units to very large hyperboloid structures that can be up to 200 metres tall and 100 metres in diameter, or rectangular structures that can be over 40 metres tall and 80 metres long. Smaller towers are normally factory-built, while larger ones are constructed on site.
by cooling tower worker "sys-kool July 29, 2009

Blood based on hemocyanin rather than hemoglobin. Hemocyanin is based on copper rather than iron, and as a result the blood is blue rather than red. Hemocyanin works more efficiently at cold temperatures than warm temperatures, unlike hemoglobin.
The octopus is a cool blooded creature, unlike lizards which are generally cold blooded, with exceptions such as the tegu, which is warm blooded during mating season.
by Ravenious December 12, 2020

(adj) Its basically a hip version of cash money. It means really cool. You can also use it as 'that's not very Joe Cool of you'.
by ratatata-touie April 23, 2020

This phrase was first used during the WW1 and WW2 era when which an Anzac was shot at, but the Anzac walked away unscathed.
by Aussie cobber October 30, 2015

Used sarcastically when a societal “norm” should not be considered normal. Usually a disturbing reality that people subconsciously shrug off as normal even though it is far from it.
by Alienchex April 23, 2022

by TuxedoSteve_ February 23, 2021
