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Definition of Radiator
1. Noun. Any object that radiates energy.
2. Noun. Heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings.
3. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Mechanism
Terms within: Radiator Cap
Definition of Radiator
1. 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.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Radiator
1. Noun. Anything which radiates or emits rays. ¹
2. Noun. (Automotive) A device that lowers engine coolant temperature by conducting heat to the air, through metal fins. ¹
3. Noun. (Buildings) A finned metal fixture that carries hot water or steam in order to heat a room. ¹
4. Noun. (electronics) A type of antenna. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Radiator
1. a heating device [n -S]
Medical Definition of Radiator
1. 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 stream radiator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Radiator
Literary usage of Radiator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"Ford radiator Cores. The Ford radiator ha« a tubular core with fins, arranged on the
... The core of a radiator is the principal part (see explanation, ..."
2. Conventionby National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1905)
"With the fan in operation there is a forced draft against the radiator that
conducts a ... The heat thus snatched from the reluctant radiator is held in the ..."
3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"There is a third type in which the water circulation is like that in the tubular
radiator, but whose general appearance is much like that of the cellular ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"This is considered bad practice and should be avoided. In Fig. 1 (a) the radiator
is shown located under the window. The rising- current of warm air, ..."
5. American Journal of Roentgenology by American Radium Society (1919)
"CURRENT-CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE radiator TUBE For a given voltage, the
current-carrying capacity of the radiator type of tube is a very definite quantity. ..."
6. The Open Fireplace in All Ages by John Pickering Putnam (1880)
"A still greater heating effect is obtained by throwing the radiator entirely out
into the ... The screen here surrounds the entire base of the radiator, ..."
7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"For »team, the connections enter and leave the vertical radiators at the base,
but hot-vat» KlO. ». radiator FOB INDIRECT ..."
8. Radiation, Light and Illumination: A Series of Engineering Lectures by Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1909)
"(2) Circular Plane Concentric with the End of Linear radiator. 95. This condition
is approximately realized by the shadows of the electrodes of a luminous ..."
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