Low temperature processes, apparatus, etc.; usually applied to systems operated at the temperature of liquid nitrogen, helium or other condensed gas which boils at a very low temperature (at atmospheric pressure).
See: cryogenic sampling
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. 'Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)' on page 2183 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199062112167)