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radiator - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A heating device consisting of a series of connected pipes, typically inside an upright metal structure, through which steam or hot water is circulated so as to radiate heat into the surrounding space.
- noun A cooling device, as in automotive engines, through which water or other fluids circulate as a coolant.
- noun Physics A body that emits radiation.
- noun A transmitting antenna.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cooler , 2 . - noun In the transmission of electric waves, as in wireless telegraphy, an apparatus for the emission of electric oscillations; a form of oscillator.
- noun Anything which radiates; a body or substance from which rays of heat emanate or radiate.
- noun A part of a heating apparatus designed to communicate heat to a room, chiefly by convection, but partly, in some cases, by radiation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused.
- noun Any of various devices for cooling an internal substance by radiation, as a system of rings on a gun barrel for cooling it, or a nest of tubes with large radiating surface for cooling circulating water, as in an automobile.
- noun (Wireless Teleg.) An oscillator.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Anything which
radiates or emits rays. - noun Automotive A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins.
- noun A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.
- noun electronics A type of antenna.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any object that radiates energy
- noun heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings
- noun a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
radiate + -or
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Examples
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This radiator is connected to your sanitary system.
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You wrote "the radiator is neatly tucked in between the front frame rails".
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This radiator is connected to your sanitary system.
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This radiator is connected to your sanitary system.
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V-twin -- the radiator is neatly tucked in between the front frame rails, check out the patent images for details.
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This radiator is connected to your sanitary system.
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Your Emma needs not just a new fuel pump, but also a water pump, the radiator is bleeding rust, the carberutor should be rebuilt, and, worst of all, several of the main gaskets are leaking oil.
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You could also just drain the whole mix and add a new half and half mix until the radiator is full.
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The heat that is absorbed is given off to the atmosphere by the second "radiator" - the Condenser.
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A decent sofa or a working radiator is another matter altogether … Thank you for the kind words – it was fun to remember all my different rooms and I’m hoping my little speakeasy will become a cozy hidey-hole in time.
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Words with the same meaning
- AM transmitter
- Bunsen burner
- Dutch oven
- FM transmitter
- RT transmitter
- alpha radiator
- amateur transmitter
- beacon
- bedpan
- beta radiator
- bloom heater
- brazier
- brick oven
- calefactory
- car heater
- defroster
- dielectric heater
- dielectric preheater
- electric blanket
- electric heater
- electronic heater
- fan marker
- fireless heater
- fission products
- fluorescent paint
- foot warmer
- forge
- gamma radiator
- gas log
- geyser
- heat lamp
- high-frequency heater
- hot-water bag
- hot-water bottle
- hot-water heater
- induction heater
- infrared heater
- infrared lamp
- ingot heater
- iron heater
- kerosene heater
- kiln
- microphone
- orchard heater
- oscillator
- oven
- preheater
- radio beacon
- radio range beacon
- radio transmitter
- radio-frequency heater
- radioactive waste
- radiocarbon
- radiocopper
- radioelement
- radioiodine
- radioisotope
- radiomicrophone
- radiosonde
- radiothorium
- radium dial
- radium paint
- register
- sun lamp
- tracer
- tracer atom
- tracer element
- transceiver
- transmitter
oroboros commented on the word radiator
Contronymic in the sense: heater vs. cooler.
January 27, 2007