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electric furnace

DEFINITIONS OF: electric furnace

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n any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current

Types:
Stassano furnace, electric-arc furnace
an electric furnace in which an electric arc provides the source of heat for making steel
Type of:
furnace
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
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