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heater 1. any device for supplying heat, such as a hot-air blower, radiator, convector, etc. 2. Electronics a conductor carrying a current that indirectly heats the cathode in some types of valve heater [′hēd·ər] (electronics) An electric heating element for supplying heat to an indirectly heated cathode in an electron tube. Also known as electron-tube heater. (engineering) A contrivance designed to give off heat. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now, my bachelor gatehouse is a few yards from here, and the heater is on the fire, and the wine and glasses are on the table, and it is not a stone's throw from Minor Canon Corner. Temple Bar gets so hot that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet Street, what a heater is in an urn, and keeps them simmering all night. The men crept together in the mess-room in the darkling, wrapped in what they could find and drank cocoa from the fireless heaters and listened to his cries. |
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