heat sink

See also: heatsink

English

Alternative forms

• heatsink

Noun

heat sink (plural heat sinks)

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

Antonyms

• heat source

Translations

material capable of absorbing heat

• Catalan: dissipador tèrmic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散热片 (zh)

• Dutch: koellichaam
• Finnish: lämpönielu, jäähdytyselementti, jäähdytyssiili (heat sink with fins), jäähdytysripa, jäähdytyslevy
• French: dissipateur thermique (fr)
• Greek: ψύκτρα (el) f (psýktra)
• Italian: dissipatore (it) m
• Japanese: ヒートシンク (hīto shinku)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøleribbe m or f

  Nynorsk: kjøleribbe f

• Portuguese: dissipador (pt) m, dissipador de calor m
• Russian: радиа́тор (ru) m (radiátor)
• Spanish: disipador, disipador de calor m
• Swedish: värmesänka
• Tagalog: tapunang-init

See also

• heat dump
• heat pump

Anagrams

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