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An object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
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A place toward which the heat moves in a system.
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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
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A material capable of absorbing heat.
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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, thermodynamics
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a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conductor, sink
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Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
радиатор
(radiator)
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Catalan:
dissipador tèrmic
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Chinese Mandarin:
散热片
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Dutch:
koellichaam
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Finnish:
lämpönielu
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Finnish:
jäähdytyselementti
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Finnish:
jäähdytyssiili
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Finnish:
jäähdytysripa
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Finnish:
jäähdytyslevy
— material capable of absorbing heat
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French:
dissipateur thermique
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Greek:
ψύκτρα
(psýktra)
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Italian:
dissipatore
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Japanese:
ヒートシンク
(hīto shinku)
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kjøleribbe
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kjøleribbe
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Portuguese:
dissipador
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Portuguese:
dissipador de calor
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Portuguese:
radiador
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Russian:
радиа́тор
(radiátor)
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Spanish:
disipador
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Spanish:
disipador de calor
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Spanish:
disipador térmico
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Spanish:
disipador calórico
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Swedish:
värmesänka
— material capable of absorbing heat
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Tagalog:
tapunang-init
— material capable of absorbing heat