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radiator |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Radiator \Ra"di*a`tor\, n. 1. Any of various devices for cooling an internal substance by radiation, as a system og 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. 2. (Wireless Teleg.) An oscillator. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Radiator \Ra"di*a`tor\, n. 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; as a steam radiator. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: radiator n 1: any object that radiates energy 2: a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings 3: 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
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