Ventilation

Ventilation

A system or means of providing the passage of fresh air, essential to prevent a device from overheating.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.

0 0

Improve it

Add an image

Part of Speech: noun
Synonym(s):
Blossary:
Industry/Domain: Household appliances
Category: Air conditioners
Company:
Product:
Acronym-Abbreviation:

Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

Related terms

ventilation

Convention; Conferences

The process of supplying or removing air by natural or mechanical means to or from any space.

ventilation

Weather; Meteorology

1. In the equation for the time constant of a thermometer, a quantity equal to the product of wind speed and air density. The time constant varies inversely with ventilation. The ...

ventilation

Architecture; Architecture contemporaine

The act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air, around a closed space. A mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air.

ventilation

Biology; Cell biology

The mechanics of breathing in and out through the use of the diaphragm and muscles in the wall of the thoracic cavity.

ventilation

Biology; General

The mechanics of breathing in and out through the use of the diaphragm and muscles in the wall of the thoracic cavity.

ventilator

Health care; Cancer treatment

In medicine, a machine used to help a patient breathe. Also called respirator.

gid

Network hardware; Air conditioners

A decimal number that uniquely identifies a group on the firewall. In essence, the GID becomes for the firewall software synonymous with the group name. GIDs are entered as part ...

heat pump

Household appliances; Air conditioners

An air conditioner that contains a valve that allows it to alternate between heating and cooling.

vapor barrier

Household appliances; Air conditioners

A moisture-impervious layer applied to the surfaces enclosing a humid space to prevent moisture travel to a point where it may condense due to lower temperature.

outdoor coil/condensing unit

Household appliances; Air conditioners

The portion of a heat pump or central air conditioning system that is located outside the home and functions as a heat transfer point for collecting heat from and dispelling heat ...

absorption cycle

Household appliances; Air conditioners

Absorption chillers differ from mechanical vapor compression chillers in that they utilize a thermal or chemical process to produce the refrigeration effect necessary to provide ...

accumeter

Household appliances; Air conditioners

The metering (flow control) device inside a Carrier centrifugal chiller. Its unique design always feeds the cooler with liquid refrigerant, which has a much greater cooling ...

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L

0
Terms
0
Blossaries
1
Followers

Industry/Domain: People Category: Personalities

Brittany Maynard

Brittany Lauren Maynard (November 19, 1984 – November 1, 2014) was an American woman who had terminal cancer and became a right-to-die advocate before ...