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heat sink

heat sink noun: an object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.

Noun

heat sink (plural heat sinks)

  1. An object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.
  2. A place toward which the heat moves in a system.
  3. A material capable of absorbing heat.

heat sink meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

heat sink in Tamil

வெப்ப ஈர்ப்பி, வெப்ப உறிஞ்சகம், வெப்பமடு

heat sink in Kannada

ಬಿಸಿತಾರುಕ, ಬಿಸಿಯೆಳಕ

heat sink in Tagalog

material capable of absorbing heat
tapunang-init

Antonyms of heat sink

  • heat source

Forms of heat sink

pluralheat sinks
alternative formheatsink

Questions about heat sink

What does heat sink mean?
Heat sink means an object, system or environment that absorbs and dissipates heat from objects in thermal contact (either direct or radiant) with it.
What is heat sink in Tamil?
Heat sink in Tamil is வெப்ப ஈர்ப்பி, வெப்ப உறிஞ்சகம், வெப்பமடு. See Heat sink meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heat sink?
Heat sink is a noun.
What is the plural of heat sink?
The plural of heat sink is heat sinks.

Words near heat sink in the dictionary

  1. heat shock
  2. heat shock protein
  3. heat shock proteins
  4. heat shrink
  5. heat shrinks
  6. heat sink
  7. heat sinks
  8. heat spreader
  9. heat spreaders
  10. heat stable
  11. heat storm

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heat sink (page history and authors); heat sink (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); heat sink (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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