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noun

Radiator n.

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.

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.

(Wireless Teleg.) An oscillator.

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"Radiator" Quotes from Famous Books

... begun. At least, so Amy declared afterwards. The car, which fortunately had decreased its speed to negotiate an abrupt turn in the road, suddenly shot down a slope at the left, turned around once and stopped with a disconcerting abruptness, its radiator against a four-inch birch tree. Clint and Amy picked themselves from the bottom of the tonneau and stared, more surprised than frightened. Behind them, on the level road, a wheel—present investigation showed that it was the forward left one—was ...

— Left Tackle Thayer • Ralph Henry Barbour

... got enough sense to turn on a radiator. All I'm good for is to get the dollars, which of course is nothin' at all ...

— Alex the Great • H. C. Witwer

... their wraps first, and warm their hands at the radiator," she wisely told him, thinking of the invalid who would ...

— The Chums of Scranton High at Ice Hockey • Donald Ferguson

... the roof of the garage," he reluctantly gave his report. "Everything under the hood of the automobile is wrecked. There is no motor left, and no radiator. Just junk, mixed up with broken wood and leaves and pieces of the stucco and tiles of ...

— The Thing from the Lake • Eleanor M. Ingram

... the causes of this loss, causes which would obviously be exaggerated in a small engine, were: "First, the dissipation of heat by the cylinder itself, which was of brass and both a good conductor and a good radiator. Secondly, the loss of heat consequent upon the necessity of cooling down the cylinder at every stroke in producing the vacuum. Thirdly, the loss of power due to the pressure of vapor beneath the piston, which was a consequence of the imperfect method of condensation." ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 • Various

... ramrod of convention down our backs. We pass on; and some day we come, at the end of a very dull life, to reflect that our romance has been a pallid thing of a marriage or two, a satin rosette kept in a safe-deposit drawer, and a lifelong feud with a steam radiator. ...

— The Four Million • O. Henry

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