cool·ing tower (k  l ng)n. A large tower or similar structure typically attached to a power plant through which water is circulated to lower its temperature by partial evaporation. |
cooling tower
n
(Engineering / General Engineering) a tall hollow structure in which steam is condensed or water that is used as a coolant in some industrial process is allowed to cool for reuse by trickling down a surface
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| Noun | 1. |  cooling tower - a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolantcooling, cooling system - a mechanism for keeping something cool; "the cooling was overhead fans" |
Translations
cooling tower
n → Kühlturm m
cooling tower n → torre f di raffreddamento or refrigerazione
cooling tower n → torre f di raffreddamento or refrigerazione
cooling tower n → torre f di raffreddamento or refrigerazione
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