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self-heating

self-heating adjective: able to create and sustain its own heat, often through a chemical reaction; exothermic.

Adjective

self-heating (not comparable)

  1. Able to create and sustain its own heat, often through a chemical reaction; exothermic.
    • Until now, the success of their self-heating concrete — which they have previously reported can melt snow and prevent or slow ice formation for an extended period of time — has only been in a controlled lab setting.2024 March 18, Britt Faulstick, “Drexel’s Self-Heating Concrete Is One Step Closer to Clearing Sidewalks Without Shoveling or Salting”, in Drexel News

Origin of self-heating

From self- + heating.

Questions about self-heating

What does self-heating mean?
Self-heating means able to create and sustain its own heat, often through a chemical reaction; exothermic.
What part of speech is self-heating?
Self-heating is an adjective.

Words near self-heating in the dictionary

  1. self-hatreds
  2. self-heal
  3. self-healed
  4. self-healing
  5. self-heals
  6. self-heating
  7. self-helixing
  8. self-help
  9. self-helper
  10. self-helpers
  11. self-helpish

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