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Radiator : (noun)
1: any object that radiates energy
2: heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam
or hot water to heat rooms or buildings
3: 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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Radiator : \Ra"di*a`tor\, n.
1. Any of various devices for cooling an internal substance
by radiation, as a system og 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.
2. (Wireless Teleg.) An oscillator.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Radiator : \Ra"di*a`tor\, 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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