heating

DEFINITIONS OF: heating

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; boiling
the application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas; global warming
an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes); induction heating
the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it; overheating
excessive heating; radiant heating
heating a building by radiation from panels containing hot water or electrical heaters; melt, melting, thaw, thawing
the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; decoction mashing, decoction process
(brewing) a process in which part of the mash is removed and boiled and then returned; meltdown, nuclear meltdown
severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

Type of:: temperature change
a process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes

“the heating system wasn't working”

“they have radiant heating”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; central heating
a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators; gas heat
heating system that burns natural gas; panel heating
heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes; steam heat, steam heating
a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators

Type of:: utility
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal

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