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heating surface

heating surface noun: in a steam boiler, the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, especially of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces.

Noun

heating surface (plural heating surfaces)

  1. In a steam boiler, the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, especially of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces.
    • [...] combined heating surface is 6,151 sq. ft. (tubes, 530 sq. ft., flues, 3,275 sq. ft., firebox, with arches and thermic syphons, 415 sq. ft., and superheater 1,931 sq. ft.); [...].1941 January, “Recent North American Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 27
    Synonyms:
    fire surface

Synonyms of heating surface

  • fire surface

Forms of heating surface

pluralheating surfaces

Questions about heating surface

What does heating surface mean?
Heating surface means in a steam boiler, the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, especially of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces.
What part of speech is heating surface?
Heating surface is a noun.
What is the plural of heating surface?
The plural of heating surface is heating surfaces.

Words near heating surface in the dictionary

  1. heating engineer
  2. heating mantle
  3. heating oil
  4. heating oils
  5. heating pad
  6. heating surface
  7. heating surfaces
  8. heating through
  9. heating up
  10. heatingly
  11. heatings

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