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radiation sickness |
radiation syndrome |
radiation therapy |
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radiator
| radiator cap
| radiator grille
| radiator hose
| radical
| radical cell
radiator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun radiator has 3 senses
- radiator(n = noun.object) Array - any object that radiates energy; Array is a kind of natural object
- radiator(n = noun.artifact) Array - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings; Array is a kind of heater, warmer
- radiator(n = noun.artifact) Array - 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; Array is a part of cooling system, engine cooling system
has particulars: radio source
Derived form verb radiate7
is a part of heat, heating, heating plant, heating system
is a kind of mechanism
has parts: radiator cap
CIDE DICTIONARY
radiator, n.
- That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused; as, a steam radiator. [1913 Webster]
- Any of various devices for cooling an internal substance by radiation, as a system of rings on a gun barrel for cooling it, or a nest of tubes with large radiating surface for cooling circulating water, as in an automobile. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- An oscillator. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
radiator, n.
1 a person or thing that radiates.
2 a a device for heating a room etc., consisting of a metal case through which hot water or steam circulates. b a usu. portable oil or electric heater resembling this.
3 an engine-cooling device in a motor vehicle or aircraft with a large surface for cooling circulating water.
1 a person or thing that radiates.
2 a a device for heating a room etc., consisting of a metal case through which hot water or steam circulates. b a usu. portable oil or electric heater resembling this.
3 an engine-cooling device in a motor vehicle or aircraft with a large surface for cooling circulating water.
Idiom
radiator grille a grille at the front of a motor vehicle allowing air to circulate to the radiator.
THESAURUS
radiator
AM transmitter, Bunsen burner, Dutch oven, FM transmitter, RT transmitter, alpha radiator, amateur transmitter, beacon, bedpan, beta radiator, bloom heater, brazier, brick oven, calefactory, car heater, defroster, dielectric heater, dielectric preheater, electric blanket, electric heater, electronic heater, fan marker, fireless heater, fission products, fluorescent paint, foot warmer, forge, gamma radiator, gas log, geyser, heat lamp, high-frequency heater, hot-water bag, hot-water bottle, hot-water heater, induction heater, infrared heater, infrared lamp, ingot heater, iron heater, kerosene heater, kiln, microphone, orchard heater, oven, preheater, radio beacon, radio range beacon, radio transmitter, radio-frequency heater, radioactive waste, radiocarbon, radiocopper, radioelement, radioiodine, radioisotope, radiomicrophone, radiosonde, radiothorium, radium dial, radium paint, register, sun lamp, tracer, tracer atom, tracer element, transceiver, transmitter
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