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Cold

/koʊld/adjective / noun
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Cold refers to a low temperature that chills the body or environment, often associated with discomfort or the need for warmth. It also extends metaphorically to describe emotional detachment, as in a cold personality, or literally to a common viral infection affecting the respiratory system, making it a versatile term in both scientific and everyday contexts.

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The coldest place in the universe isn't on Earth but in a lab; scientists at MIT created a temperature of just 500 picokelvins—billionths of a degree above absolute zero—in 2003, which is colder than the vacuum of space and helps unlock quantum mysteries.

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