- cooling tower
- cool|ing tow|er [ `kulıŋ ,taur ] noun counta tall round structure where water used in an industrial process becomes less hot
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
cooling tower
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cooling tower — noun a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant • Hypernyms: ↑cooling system, ↑cooling * * * ˈcooling tower [cooling tower] noun a large high round building used in industry for… … Useful english dictionary
cooling tower — UK [ˈkuːlɪŋ ˌtaʊə(r)] / US [ˈkulɪŋ ˌtaʊr] noun [countable] Word forms cooling tower : singular cooling tower plural cooling towers a tall round structure where water used in an industrial process is made less hot so that it can be used again … English dictionary
cooling tower — aušinimo bokštas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Įrenginys cirkuliaciniam vandeniui aušinti. atitikmenys: angl. cooling tower rus. градирня … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
cooling tower — aušinamasis bokštas statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Įrenginys cirkuliaciniam (kaistančių įrenginių aušinamajam) vandeniui aušinti laisvai arba priverstinai jame judant atmosferos orui. Bokšte aušinamas pro garo turbinos kondensatorių… … Aiškinamasis šiluminės ir branduolinės technikos terminų žodynas
cooling tower — n. large tower through which hot water is moved around to reduce its temperature by partial evaporation (used in industries to cool hot water before reutilizing it as a cooling agent) … English contemporary dictionary
cooling tower — noun a tall, open topped, cylindrical concrete tower, used for cooling water or condensing steam from an industrial process … English new terms dictionary
cooling tower — Energy. a usually cylindrical structure, sometimes of very great size, in which heat is extracted from water that has been used for cooling, as in a nuclear reactor. [1900 05] * * * … Universalium
