heating
/ˈhiːtɪŋ/ noun, adjective
Also a form of heat
Forms heatings
- noun A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater. “We're hoping to have the new heating installed before winter.”
- noun The act of making something hot. “The crucible was subjected to several heatings.”
- adjective Causing heat.
Synonyms
Etymology
From heat + -ing.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications. Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; --called also fire surface.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “heating”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details