| n. | 1. | That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from which the heat is radiated or diffused; |
| 2. | Any of various devices for cooling an internal substance by radiation, as a system of rings on a gun barrel for cooling it, or a nest of tubes with large radiating surface for cooling circulating water, as in an automobile. | |
| 3. | (Wireless Teleg.) An oscillator. |
| Noun | 1. | radiator - any object that radiates energy |
| 2. | radiator - heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings | |
| 3. | radiator - a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan |
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