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hypocaust
hy·po·caust H0364300 (hī′pə-kôst′)n. A space under the floor of an ancient Roman building through which flue gases from a furnace were passed to heat a room or a bath.
[Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston, from hupokaiein, to light a fire beneath : hupo-, hypo- + kaiein, to burn.]hypocaust (ˈhaɪpəˌkɔːst) n (Archaeology) an ancient Roman heating system in which hot air circulated under the floor and between double walls[C17: from Latin hypocaustum, from Greek hupokauston room heated from below, from hupokaiein to light a fire beneath, from hypo- + kaiein to burn]hy•po•caust (ˈhaɪ pəˌkɔst)
n. a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by distributing the heat from a furnace. [1670–80; < Latin hypocaustum < Greek hypókauston room heated from below =hypo- hypo- + kaustón, neuter of kaustós heated, burned; see caustic] hypocaustA space beneath the floor in an ancient Roman villa in which hot air from a fire or furnace was circulated to heat the house.Translationshypocaust
hypocaust (hī`pəkôst): see heatingheating,
means of making a building comfortably warm relative to a colder outside temperature. Old, primitive methods of heating a building or a room within it include the open fire, the fireplace, and the stove.
..... Click the link for more information. .hypocaustA central heating system of ancient Rome; hot gases from a furnace were conducted to rooms above, through a hollow floor and through tile flues within walls.hypocaust an ancient Roman heating system in which hot air circulated under the floor and between double walls |