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(chemistry) A sealed system containing air with a controlled temperature.
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A machine that is used to control temperature and humidity in an enclosed space.
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A kitchen appliance that cooks by circulating hot air around the food using the convection mechanism.
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A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes and then distributed through a building.
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Sealed environment with controlled temperature.
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A device in a thermostat that determines when to turn on or shut off the heating or cooling mechanism.
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A non-manual apparatus or device, powered electrically or by another small motor, used in homes to perform domestic functions (household appliance) and/or in offices.
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A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature of a liquid, typically water in a domestic hot water heating system, by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature of the liquid at a desired setting.
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Of a boiler: having water-filled heated tubes.
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A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
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An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
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A small cylindrical vessel used to heat substances in the flame of a Bunsen burner.
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A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, such as a stove, etc.
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An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.
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An apparatus that generates hot water
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A blend of pressurized liquefied gases used in the camp stove for cooking, heating, etc. while out camping.
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A ceiling- or wall-mounted or suspended air conditioner, for when space is limited, because there is no available walls to mount a split system or where there is limited ceiling space for a ducted system.
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Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner.
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A method for the testing of appliances that perform any kind of combustion (household heaters, stoves, etc.) for carbon monoxide emissions.
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Alternative form of coal burner [A mechanical device that burns pulverized coal to produce a flame.]
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A device for noiseless heating of water by steam in a vessel filled with a porous mass, as of pebbles.
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The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose.
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A building control device used to deliver the compensation relationship or curve between the air temperature outside a building and the temperature of water or air provided to spaces or zones within the building for purposes of heating or cooling.
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A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator
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A medium, usually fluid, used to draw heat from an object.
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A type of furnace used for smelting.
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A furnace or oven for the burning or carbonizing of refuse.
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A device that reduces the temperature of superheated steam, and recovers useful heat in the process
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A hairdryer attachment that diffuses the flow of air.
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A system for distributing heat generated in a centralized location for residential and commercial heating requirements.
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Water used, in any type of building, for domestic purposes, principally drinking, food preparation, sanitation and personal hygiene (but not including space heating, swimming pool heating, or processes such as commercial food preparation or clothes washing).
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(military, mechanical engineering) A type of torpedo engine, powered by the burning of fuel with compressed air or oxygen, which does not inject water into the combustion chamber for engine cooling and extra power.
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A heat exchange device in a boiler that improves efficiency and saves fuel.
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an electric heater fitted with a fan which blows out hot air.
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An apparatus for heating the water supplied to a steam boiler.
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The gaseous combustion product (smoke) that comes out of a stove or a furnace.
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Air that is heated and directed through ducts, plenums, etc. to the rooms in a building, as a form of central heating.
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(US, Canada) A device that provides heat for a building; a space heater.
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Alternative form of furnacey [Resembling or characteristic of a furnace.]
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(historical) A usually curved pipe projecting from the wall of a room, used for illumination by gas.
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(dated, rare) A gasworks.
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(UK, Australia) A storage heater.
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(physics) Any device (such as a radiator) that transfers heat from one fluid to another via a separating wall.
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Any area, populated or not, which is consistently hotter than the surrounding area.
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An infrared lamp used to generate heat.
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A device that transfers thermal energy between spaces, usually between an enclosed space and the outdoors.
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A device that transfers energy as heat from a hotter source to a colder heat sink or heat exchanger.
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A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
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A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.
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A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
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A spot that is hotter than the surrounding area.
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Alternative form of heat spreader [A device that transfers energy as heat from a hotter source to a colder heat sink or heat exchanger.]
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Alternative form of hypocaust [An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.]
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A central point of activity, relating to a specific task.
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The part of a 3D printer that heats the filament
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A natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20°C (68°F).
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An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).
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A device for directing hot air.
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An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.
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A heater than employs induction heating
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Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
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A device used to irradiate.
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The situation where water gets trapped in the heat exchanger of a boiler (e.g. due to limescale build-up), resulting in knocking sounds as it turns into expanding steam.
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A small gas furnace heated by a Bunsen burner, for melting metals, etc.
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fuel in fluid form used in a cigarette lighter
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A device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature for a long period.
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A kiln or furnace, often electric, with no direct flames (a muffle furnace)
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Alternative form of muffle furnace [A small electric furnace or kiln, loaded from the front.]
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A heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.
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The burning of oil in a furnace to provide heat, or in a firebox to generate steam in a boiler.
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Of a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat.
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(engineering, thermodynamics) A feedwater heater in which the two fluid streams mix together.
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Alternative form of open-hearth (open compound attributive form) [Describing a reverberatory furnace used to make steel, usually in mass-produced quantities.]
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A heat-generating device used for frost-prevention in fruit orchards and vineyards.
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Of a boiler, furnace, or other heating device: relating to components or other things that are located above the fire.
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A metal cylinder holding compressed oxygen.
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An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process.
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A thermostat designed to operate at high temperatures.
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A portable electric radiant heater consisting of elements sealed in quartz glass tubes which produce infrared radiation in front of a reflective backing.
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(of buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room.
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A regenerator (heating device).
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A furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.
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A form of forge, used in smelting and refining, in which the material is melted by radiant heat and convection of hot gases, as opposed to direct contact with the fuel or flame (conduction).
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A furnace used in making ball soda.
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(obsolete) The floor of a glass-furnace.
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An electrical control device that turns a heating element such as a stove, hotplate or grill on and off in a user-selectable duty cycle: for example, five of every 20 seconds.
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A panel that is used to collect heat from solar radiation, typically in order to produce domestic hot water
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A portable heating appliance used to warm an area or room.
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Heating of rooms within buildings.
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(engineering) A volatile, flammable liquid which is used to aid the starting of internal combustion engines, especially during cold weather.
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A space heater that functions by itself being heated by steam passing through it.
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An electrical heater which stores thermal energy during the evening or at night when electricity is available at lower cost, and releases the heat during the day as required.
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(transitive) To keep warm, in a house or room, by artificial heat.
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The supply of heat, either in the form of steam or hot water, from a central source (such as a nuclear power plant) to a group of buildings (such as a city).
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A device for thawing something.
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An antidote to heat, especially a rotating fan attached to a window.
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Any device that controls temperature, or heat output
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A device that provides protection from excessive heat
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A device that assists with thermoregulation, e.g. for a newborn infant.
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An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid.
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A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting.
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A piece of laboratory equipment that combines a heater and stirrer
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A tank containing pipes for the circulation of steam, water, air, etc. for heating or cooling or as part of a ventilation system.
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Any of various central heating (and sometimes cooling) systems which achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using conduction, radiation and convection.
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A curved hollow metal sheet that is filled with boiling water and used for the therapeutic application of heat.
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A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
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An electric device which heats water up to boiling temperature.
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A type of cooling device that uses water as the heat transfer medium.
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An appliance for heating water above its ambient temperature, generally for domestic use.
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An enclosed space, or the walls used to create it, that surrounds an object to be heated or cooled by water flowing around it.
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