air conditioning

noun [U] (UK informal also air con)

Definition

› the electrical system used for keeping the air in a building, room, or vehicle cool: an air-conditioning system All hotel rooms have air conditioning.

(Definition of air conditioning noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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