'Radiator' definitions:
Definition of 'radiator'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any object that radiates energy
noun
Heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings
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
Definition of 'Radiator'
From: GCIDE
- Radiator \Ra"di*a`tor\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[~e]r), n.
- 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 steam radiator. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any of various devices for cooling an internal substance by radiation, as a system of 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. (Wireless Teleg.) An oscillator. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'radiator'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alpha radiator,
- AM transmitter,
- amateur transmitter,
- beacon,
- bedpan,
- beta radiator,
- bloom heater,
- brazier,
- brick oven,
- Bunsen burner,
- calefactory,
- car heater,
- defroster,
- dielectric heater,
- dielectric preheater,
- Dutch oven,
- electric blanket,
- electric heater,
- electronic heater,
- fan marker,
- fireless heater,
- fission products,
- fluorescent paint,
- FM transmitter,
- foot warmer,
- forge,
- gamma radiator,
- gas log,
- geyser,
- heat lamp,
- high-frequency heater,
- hot-water bag,
- hot-water bottle,
- hot-water heater,
- induction heater,
- infrared heater,
- infrared lamp,
- ingot heater,
- iron heater,
- kerosene heater,
- kiln,
- microphone,
- orchard heater,
- oven,
- preheater,
- radio beacon,
- radio range beacon,
- radio transmitter,
- radio-frequency heater,
- radioactive waste,
- radiocarbon,
- radiocopper,
- radioelement,
- radioiodine,
- radioisotope,
- radiomicrophone,
- radiosonde,
- radiothorium,
- radium dial,
- radium paint,
- register,
- RT transmitter,
- sun lamp,
- tracer,
- tracer atom,
- tracer element,
- transceiver,
- transmitter
Words containing 'Radiator'
- Radiate,
- Radiated,
- Radiately,
- Radiating,
- Radiation,
- Radiative,
- Infrared Radiation,
- actinic radiation,
- adaptive radiation,
- alpha radiation,
- background radiation,
- beta radiation,
- blackbody radiation,
- corpuscular radiation,
- cosmic radiation,
- electromagnetic radiation,
- electron radiation,
- full radiator,
- gamma radiation,
- ionizing radiation,
- neutron radiation,
- nonparticulate radiation,
- optic radiation,
- particulate radiation,
- radiation diagram,
- radiation field,
- radiation pattern,
- radiation physics,
- radiation pressure,
- radiation pyrometer,
- radiation sickness,
- radiation syndrome,
- radiation therapy,
- radiator cap,
- radiator grille,
- radiator hose,
- radio radiation,
- solar radiation,
- ultraviolet radiation,
- visible radiation,
- Radiate-veined,
- acoustic radiation pressure,
- cosmic background radiation,
- planck's radiation law,
- x-radiation,
- black-body radiation,
- corpuscular-radiation pressure,
- cosmic microwave background radiation