preheater
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
preheater (plural preheaters)
- An engineering device that preheats a material prior to some other process.
- 1961 July, “The Hymek Type 3 diesel locomotive for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 437:
- A Stone-Vapor "Watchman" oil-fired preheater raises the cooling water temperature to an optimum figure before the high-speed engine is started and thus minimises engine wear.
Translations edit
engineering device
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