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radiator

[rey-dee-ey-ter]

noun

  1. a person or thing that radiates.

  2. any of various heating devices, as a series or coil of pipes through which steam or hot water passes.

  3. a device constructed from thin-walled tubes and metal fins, used for cooling circulating water, as in an automobile engine.

  4. Radio.a transmitting antenna.



radiator

/ ˈɪɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. a device for heating a room, building, etc, consisting of a series of pipes through which hot water or steam passes

  2. a device for cooling an internal-combustion engine, consisting of thin-walled tubes through which water passes. Heat is transferred from the water through the walls of the tubes to the airstream, which is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan

  3. an electric fire

  4. electronics the part of an aerial or transmission line that radiates electromagnetic waves

  5. an electric space heater

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

radiator

  1. A body that emits radiation. Radiators are commonly designed to transfer heat energy from one place to another, as in an automobile, in which the radiator cools the engine by transferring heat energy from the engine to the air, or in buildings, where radiators transfer heat energy from a furnace to the air and objects in the surrounding room.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of radiator1

First recorded in 1830–40; radiate + -or 2
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"I live in a very old Guernsey cottage, which is stone and it's freezing in there in the winter, and I only run one radiator."

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Keenan was violent towards her, in attacks which included dragging her off a bed and causing her head to strike a radiator.

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A few weeks ago, Mrs Islaaw's radiators broke, forcing her to buy portable heaters.

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Using hot water bottles and electric blankets should work out cheaper than turning up the radiators.

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The only heat source in the school is a small electric radiator in the second-floor office of the director, Mohammad Ibrahim Barakzai.

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