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Also known as cold temperature, chill, low temperature, coldness, chilly, cool, coolness, cool temperature

thumb|right|300px|An iceberg, which is commonly associated with cold thumb|right|Signal "cold" – unofficial (except recommended by CMAS* SCUBA Diver|CMAS), it is nonetheless used by many schools of diving and propagated through diving websites as one of the more useful additional signals

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Cold is a physical sensation and condition characterized by low temperatures, commonly associated with ice and frozen objects like icebergs. The concept of cold matters because it affects how people and divers communicate and respond to environmental conditions, as shown by its use as an informal safety signal in diving practices.

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Cold
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13 sections
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  • Cooling
  • History
  • Early history
  • From the 17th century
  • 19th century
  • 20th century
  • Physiological effects
  • Common myths
  • Notable cold locations and objects
  • Mythology and culture
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|300px|An iceberg, which is commonly associated with cold thumb|right|Signal "cold" – unofficial (except recommended by CMAS* SCUBA Diver|CMAS), it is nonetheless used by many schools of diving and propagated through diving websites as one of the more useful additional signals

thumb|right|Goose bumps, a common physiological response to cold, aiming to reduce the loss of body heat in a cold environment thumb|right|A photograph of the snow surface at Dome C Station, [[Antarctica. A part of the notoriously cold Polar Plateau, it is representative of the majority of the continent's surface.]] Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale. This corresponds to on the Celsius scale, on the Fahrenheit scale, and on the Rankine scale.

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