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preheaters

preheaters is the plural of preheater.

Meaning of preheater

Noun

preheater (plural preheaters)

  1. An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process.
    • A Stone-Vapor "Watchman" oil-fired preheater raises the cooling water temperature to an optimum figure before the high-speed engine is started and thus minimises engine wear.1961 July, “The Hymek Type 3 diesel locomotive for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 437

Questions about preheaters

What is preheaters the plural of?
Preheaters is the plural of preheater.

Words near preheaters in the dictionary

  1. prehearing
  2. preheat
  3. preheatable
  4. preheated
  5. preheater
  6. preheaters
  7. preheating
  8. preheats
  9. Preheim
  10. prehellenic
  11. preheminence

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