Definition of Electric furnace

1. Noun. Any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current.

Generic synonyms: Furnace
Specialized synonyms: Electric-arc Furnace, Stassano Furnace

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electric Furnace

electric dipole
electric dipole moment
electric discharge
electric doublet
electric drill
electric eel
electric eels
electric energy
electric eye
electric fan
electric field
electric fields
electric fire
electric fish
electric frying pan
electric furnace (current term)
electric glow
electric guitar
electric guitarist
electric guitars
electric gun
electric guns
electric hammer
electric healing
electric heater
electric impedance
electric injuries
electric lamp
electric light
electric locomotive

Literary usage of Electric furnace

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"An illustrated article presenting the advantages of the induction furnace and giving results of experiments by the American electric furnace Co. 2500 w. ..."

2. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"By Carbon in the electric furnace. The oxide can be reduced directly in the electric furnace by means of carbon. This was the method used by Moissan (40) ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1902)
"THE electric furnace IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY. BY CHARLES B. JACOBS. In its early days the electric furnace labored under the burden of the prophecies of its ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"The papers included were : The influence of the electric furnace on the ... The use of the electric furnace in brass foundries and refining plants for ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1914)
"SMELTING OF SULPHIDE ORES IN THE electric furnace 251 1. Ores Treated 252 2. ... THE USE OF THE electric furnace IN THE SMELTING of PYRITIC ORES . ..."

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