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Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: heating system, heating plant, heating, heat
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Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَدْفِئَة مَرْكَزِيَّة
— heating system
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Bulgarian:
централно отопление
(centralno otoplenie)
— heating system
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Catalan:
calefacció central
— heating system
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Chinese Mandarin:
集中供熱 /集中供热
(jízhōng gōngrè)
— heating system
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Chinese Mandarin:
中央暖氣系統 /中央暖气系统
(zhōngyāng nuǎnqì xìtǒng)
— heating system
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Chinese Mandarin:
暖氣 /暖气
(nuǎnqì)
— heating system
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Czech:
ústřední topení
— heating system
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Danish:
centralvarme
— heating system
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Dutch:
centrale verwarming
— heating system
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Esperanto:
centra hejtado
— heating system
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Finnish:
keskuslämmitys
— heating system
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French:
chauffage central
— heating system
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Georgian:
ცენტრალური გათბობა
(cenṭraluri gatboba)
— heating system
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German:
Zentralheizung
— heating system
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Hungarian:
központi fűtés
— heating system
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Italian:
riscaldamento centralizzato
— heating system
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Japanese:
セントラルヒーティング
(sentoraruhītingu)
— heating system
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Korean:
중앙 난방
(jung'ang nanbang)
— heating system
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Macedonian:
парно
(parno)
— heating system
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Macedonian:
парно греење
(parno greenje)
— heating system
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Macedonian:
централно греење
(centralno greenje)
— heating system
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Norman:
caûffage central
— heating system
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Norwegian Bokmål:
sentralvarme
— heating system
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
sentralvarme
— heating system
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Persian:
شوفاژ
(šofâž)
— heating system
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Polish:
centralne ogrzewanie
— heating system
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Portuguese:
calefação
— heating system
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Romanian:
încălzire centrală
— heating system
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Russian:
центра́льное отопле́ние
(centrálʹnoje otoplénije)
— heating system
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Scottish Gaelic:
teasachadh meadhanach
— heating system
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Spanish:
calefacción central
— heating system
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Swedish:
centralvärme
— heating system
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Turkish:
merkezî ısıtma
— heating system
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Turkish:
merkezî sistem
— heating system
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Ukrainian:
центра́льне опа́лення
(centrálʹne opálennja)
— heating system
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Welsh:
gwres canolog
— heating system
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Yiddish:
צענטראַל־הייצונג
(tsentral-heytsung)
— heating system
