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radiator
(reɪdieɪtəʳ)
Word forms: plural radiators
1. countable noun
A radiator is a hollow metal device, usually connected by pipes to a central heating system, that is used to heat a room.
2. countable noun
The radiator in a car is the part of the engine which is filled with water in order to cool the engine.
radiator in British English
(ˈreɪdɪˌeɪtə)
noun
1.
a device for heating a room, building, etc, consisting of a series of pipes through which hot water or steam passes
2.
a device for cooling an internal-combustion engine, consisting of thin-walled tubes through which water passes. Heat is transferred from the water through the walls of the tubes to the airstream, which is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan
3. Australian and New Zealand
an electric fire
4. electronics
the part of an aerial or transmission line that radiates electromagnetic waves
5.
an electric space heater
radiator in American English
(ˈreɪdiˌeɪtər)
noun
anything that radiates
; specif.,a. US
a series of pipes or coils through which hot water or steam circulates so as to radiate heat into a room, etc.
b. US
a cooling device of tubes and fins, as in an automobile, through which circulating coolant passes
c.
any radioactive material or body
d. Radio
a portion of any transmitting antenna capable of producing radio-frequency energy
radiator in Automotive Engineering
(reɪdieɪtər)
Word forms: (regular plural) radiators
noun
(Automotive engineering: Vehicle components, Engine, transmission, and exhaust)
The radiator in a vehicle is the part of the engine that is filled with water in order to coolthe engine.
Car radiator failures are usually caused by loss of cooling water from breaks in the rubber tubingrather than fracture of the reservoir.
If the coolant needs refilling, make sure to wait until the engine and radiator are cold.
The smoke billowing from the engine was due to a broken radiator.
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British English: radiator /ˈreɪdɪˌeɪtə/ NOUN
A radiator is a hollow metal device which is connected to a central heating system and used to heat a room.
- American English: radiator
- Arabic: مِشْعَاع
- Brazilian Portuguese: radiador
- Chinese: 散热器
- Croatian: radijator
- Czech: radiátor
- Danish: radiator
- Dutch: radiator
- European Spanish: radiador
- Finnish: lämpöpatteri
- French: radiateur
- German: Heizkörper
- Greek: καλοριφέρ
- Italian: radiatore
- Japanese: ラジエーター
- Korean: 방열기
- Norwegian: radiator
- Polish: grzejnik
- European Portuguese: radiador
- Romanian: radiator
- Russian: батарея
- Latin American Spanish: radiador
- Swedish: värmeelement
- Thai: เครื่องทำความร้อน
- Turkish: radyatör
- Ukrainian: радіатор
- Vietnamese: hệ thống sưởi
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Chinese translation of 'radiator'
radiator
(ˈreɪdɪeɪtəʳ)
n (c)
- (on wall)
暖气(氣)片
(nuǎnqìpiàn) (个(個), gè) - (in car)
散热(熱)器
(sànrèqì)