preheater
1preheater — noun see preheat …
2preheater — See preheat. * * * …
3preheater — noun An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process …
4preheater — prÉªË hɪËtÉ™(r) n. device for preheating; person who preheats something before using it …
5Preheater — (Solar) A solar heating system that preheats water or air that is then heated more by another heating appliance …
6preheater — pre·heater …
7preheater — “+ noun Etymology: preheat + er : any of various devices for preliminary heating: as a. : a heat exchanger used in brewing and distilling b. : any of various devices for using waste heat for preliminary heating in petroleum refining processes …
8preheater system — A cold starting aid for diesel engines, consisting of glow plugs, a glow control unit, and a glow plug and starter switch, for preheating the combustion chamber or the intake air up to auto ignition temperature …
9Air preheater — An air preheater or air heater is a general term to describe any device designed to heat air before another process (for example, combustion in a boiler) with the primary objective of increasing the thermal efficiency of the process. They may be… …
10preheat — preheater, n. /pree heet /, v.t. to heat before using or before subjecting to some further process: to preheat an oven before baking a cake. [1895 1900; PRE + HEAT] * * * …