method of heating

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• Heating — may refer to: *HVAC: Heating, ventilation and air conditioningHeating devices, or systems: *Block heater, or headbolt heater, an electric heater that heats the engine of a car to ease starting in cold weather *Boiler *Cathode heater, a coil or… …   Wikipedia

• heating — I Process of raising the temperature of an enclosed space. Heat can be delivered by convection, radiation, and thermal conduction. With the exception of the ancient Romans, who developed a form of central heating, most cultures relied on direct… …   Universalium

• Heating oil — Fuels for heating Heating oil Wood pellet Kerosene Propane Natural gas Wood Coal Heating oil, or oil heat, is a low viscosity, flammable liquid petroleum product used as a fuel for furnaces or boilers in buildings. Home heating oil is often …   Wikipedia

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• method — The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. SEE ALSO: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. [G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way] Abell Kendall m. a …   Medical dictionary

• Dielectric heating — A microwave oven, which uses dielectric heating to cook food Dielectric heating, also known as electronic heating, RF heating, high frequency heating and diathermy, is the process in which a high frequency alternating electric field, or radio… …   Wikipedia

• induction heating — a method of heating a conducting material, as metal in a furnace, by using electromagnetic induction to establish a current in the material. [1915 20] * * * Method of raising the temperature of an electrically conductive material by subjecting it …   Universalium

• Trace heating — Electric Trace Heating, also known as Electric Heat Tracing and Electric Surface Heating, is a system used to maintain or raise the temperature of pipes and vessels. Trace heating takes the form of a electrical like heating element run in… …   Wikipedia

• central heating — /sɛntrəl ˈhitɪŋ/ (say sentruhl heeting) noun 1. a method of heating a building from a central system by circulating hot water, steam or air through pipes. 2. any method of heating several rooms in a building simultaneously …  

• radiant heating — n. a method of heating a space by means of radiation, as from electric coils, hot water or steam pipes, etc. installed in the floor or walls …   English World dictionary

• induction heating — induc′tion heat ing n. mel elm a method of heating a conducting material, as metal in a furnace, by using electromagnetic induction to establish a current in the material • Etymology: 1915–20 …   From formal English to slang