Radiator

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  • 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. A body that emits radiation.
  • noun. A transmitting antenna.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • 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. An oscillator.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Anything which radiates or emits rays.
  • noun. 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. A type of antenna.
    • 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
    • Word Usage
    "This radiator is connected to your sanitary system."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    heater  mechanism  warmer  
    Same Context
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    blower  boiler  bumper  burner  compressor  
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    AM transmitter  Bunsen burner  Dutch oven  FM transmitter  RT transmitter  
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