Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Promoting warmth or heat; having the quality of imparting heat; stimulating: as, a heating medicine or diet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating.
- adjective (Steam Boilers) the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called also
fire surface .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Confer
heater . - adjective Causing
heat . - verb Present participle of
heat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
- noun utility to warm a building
Etymologies
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Examples
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All that CO2 produced in heating that furnace up to several hundred degrees counts as waste too, not to count all that work into purifying the metals you want to make into an aerosol.
Nanoparticle Science Helps Create Low-Cost Water Purification Systems | Inhabitat 2010
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Another sign of over-heating is a dog's tongue hanging out of the side of his/her mouth!
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The man who tried to claim for two second homes simultaneously and also claimed for £6000 in heating oil?
Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009
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The charred foam on the aft dome of the LH2 tank is caused by radiant heating from the SRBs as well as plume recirculation from the SSMEs.
Today's Video - External Tank Falling to Earth in HD - NASA Watch 2009
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The EIA forecast a 4 percent increase in heating bills for households using natural gas, which translates to about $27 more for the winter.
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The man who tried to claim for two second homes simultaneously and also claimed for £6000 in heating oil?
Barrel Scraped, Digging Deeper.... Dungeekin 2009
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Those of you planning to rent at Lake Chapala should make sure heating is adequate in any house you rent and also check for ceiling fans and adequate fresh air ventilation.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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Those of you planning to rent at Lake Chapala should make sure heating is adequate in any house you rent and also check for ceiling fans and adequate fresh air ventilation.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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Those of you planning to rent at Lake Chapala should make sure heating is adequate in any house you rent and also check for ceiling fans and adequate fresh air ventilation.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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Those of you planning to rent at Lake Chapala should make sure heating is adequate in any house you rent and also check for ceiling fans and adequate fresh air ventilation.
About Ajijic, food, music, people, and the "social life" 2009
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