heat (thermal) absorption

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• Heat transfer — is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the exchange of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase change …   Wikipedia

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• Heat flux sensor — A heat flux sensor is a commonly used name for a transducer generating a signal that is proportional to the local heat flux. This heat flux can have different origins; in principle convective , radiative as well as conductive heat can be measured …   Wikipedia

• Absorption refrigerator — The absorption refrigerator is a refrigerator that utilizes a heat source (e.g., solar, kerosene fueled flame) to provide the energy needed to drive the cooling system rather than being dependent on electricity to run a compressor. These… …   Wikipedia

• thermal radiation — Thermodynam. electromagnetic radiation emitted by all matter above a temperature of absolute zero because of the thermal motion of atomic particles. [1930 35] * * * Process by which energy is emitted by a warm surface. The energy is… …   Universalium

• heat sink — noun a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑conductor, ↑sink * * * noun : a substance or device for the absorption or dissipation of unwanted heat (as from a process or an electronic device) * * …   Useful english dictionary