ra·di·a·tor (r  d - t r)n. 1. 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. 2. A cooling device, as in automotive engines, through which water or other fluids circulate as a coolant. 3. Physics A body that emits radiation. 4. A transmitting antenna. |
radiator [ˈreɪdɪˌeɪtə]
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a device for heating a room, building, etc., consisting of a series of pipes through which hot water or steam passes
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) 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. Austral and NZ an electric fire
4. (Electronics) Electronics the part of an aerial or transmission line that radiates electromagnetic waves
5. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) an electric space heater
| radiator (rd-tr) 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. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  radiator - any object that radiates energy natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man radio source - an object that radiates radio waves |
| 2. | radiator - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings heating plant, heating system, heating, heat - utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating" | |
| 3. | radiator - 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 cooling system, engine cooling system - equipment in a motor vehicle that cools the engine mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function radiator cap - cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added |
Translations
radiator [ˈreɪdieɪtər] n → radiateur m
radiator cap n → bouchon m de radiateur
radiator grill n [car] → calandre f
radiator cap n → bouchon m de radiateur
radiator grill n [car] → calandre f
radiator
n (for heating) → Heizkörper m, → Radiator m; (Aut) → Kühler m; radiator cap → Kühlerverschlussdeckel m; radiator grill → Kühlergrill m; radiator mascot → Kühlerfigur f
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