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electric furnace

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electric furnace
n
(Engineering / Electrical Engineering) any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current
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Noun1.electric furnaceelectric furnace - any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current
furnace - an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
electric-arc furnace, Stassano furnace - an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel


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