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AIR CONDITIONER

Specialty Definition: AIR CONDITIONER

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Energy

A device for conditioning air in an interior space. A Room Air Conditioner is a unit designed for installation in the wall or window of a room to deliver conditioned air without ducts. A Unitary Air Conditioner is composed of one or more assemblies that usually include an evaporator or cooling coil, a compressor and condenser combination, and possibly a heating apparatus. A Central Air Conditioner is designed to provide conditioned air from a central unit to a whole house with fans and ducts. (references)
 An assembly of equipment for airtreatment consisting of a means for ventilation, air circulation, air cleaning,and heat transfer (either heating or cooling). The unit usually consists of anevaporator or cooling coil, and an electrically-driven compressor and condensercombination. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: AIR CONDITIONER

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Refrigeration

Air conditioning, central air conditioning; air conditioner; fan, attic fan; dehumidifier.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: AIR CONDITIONER

English words defined with "AIR CONDITIONER": dehumidifyelectrical system. (references)
Specialty definitions using "AIR CONDITIONER": Condenser Coil, Condensing Unit, COOLING CAPACITY, TOTALSeasonal Energy Efficiency RatioUnitary Air Conditioner. (references)

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Modern Usage: AIR CONDITIONER

DomainUsage

Screenplays

No astronaut would enter the capsule carrying his air conditioner. (You Only Live Twice; writing credit: Roald Dahl)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: AIR CONDITIONER

DomainTitle

Books

  • Air Conditioner and Heating Domestic 1981-1990 (reference)

  • Method of Testing Room Air Conditioner Heating Capacity (Ashrae Standards, 58-86) (reference)

  • Motor air conditioner & heater manual (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: AIR CONDITIONER

Computer Images:
AIR CONDITIONER

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Photo Album: AIR CONDITIONER

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Model house, Orange, New Jersey. View to Carrier air conditioner. Credit: Library of Congress.

Leon Chatelain Jr., architect. Brookland dial center air conditioner blowers. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "AIR CONDITIONER".

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Air conditioner being turned on and motorized fan begins to blow cool air.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: AIR CONDITIONER

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Economic History

Hong Kong

These components are used by OEM air conditioner manufacturers as well as by engineering companies that provide maintenance services in China. (references)

Vietnam

General Electric (GE) Company's Appliance Division and Lighting Division have launched chains of retail outlets in the past year, and industrial equipment manufacturer Parker-Hanafin and air conditioner giant Carrier have opened similar outlets in HCMC. All of this is changing the way the wealthier and more cosmopolitan segment of urban Vietnam shops. (references)

Ecuador

Transmission belts, rubber pneumatic tires, replacement gasoline engines, replacement diesel engines, engine blocks and piston heads, piston rods, carburetors, and valves, spark plugs, fuel injection pumps, air conditioner compressors, ball bearings, parts for trailers and semi-trailers and electric lighting equipment are considered best prospect products in this sector. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: AIR CONDITIONER

Expression using "AIR CONDITIONER": packaged air conditioner. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AIR CONDITIONER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

air conditioner

11,702

portable room air conditioner

196

portable air conditioner

4,962

goodman air conditioner

196

window air conditioner

1,376

home air conditioner

191

room air conditioner

906

air conditioner lg

190

central air conditioner

893

ge air conditioner

188

carrier air conditioner

703

small air conditioner

176

panasonic air conditioner

447

air conditioner review

174

air conditioner maytag

341

lennox air conditioner

172

air conditioner filter

335

coleman air conditioner

165

trane air conditioner

325

casement air conditioner

165

rv air conditioner

319

hampton bay air conditioner

161

friedrich air conditioner

316

wall air conditioner

159

fedders air conditioner

282

frigidaire air conditioner

154

air conditioner repair

281

haier air conditioner

147

york air conditioner

248

casement window air conditioner

145

whirlpool air conditioner

246

auto air conditioner

139

sharp air conditioner

221

amana air conditioner

135

air conditioner part

208

split air conditioner

134

goldstar air conditioner

201

maytag portable air conditioner

124

air conditioner rating

199

air conditioner troubleshooting

124
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: AIR CONDITIONER

Language Translations for "AIR CONDITIONER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kondicioner. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مكيف الهواء (air conditioned). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

климатична инсталация. (various references)

   

Czech

  

klimatizátor. (various references)

   

Danish

  

luftkonditioneringsapparat, luftkonditioneringsaggregat (air conditioning unit), klimaaggregat (air conditioning unit). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

klimaatregeleenheid (air conditioning unit), klimaatregelaar. (various references)

   

French

  

climatiseur (air conditioning unit). (various references)

   

German

  

Klimaanlage (air condition, air conditioning, air-conditioning system). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κλιματιστικό μηχάνημα. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מז'ן אויר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

légkondicionáló. (various references)

   

Italian

  

apparecchio di condizionamento (air conditioning unit), condizionatore d'aria, condizionatore (conditioner), climatizzatore. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

空調設備 , ループ線 (fee charged for hotel room, loop line, magnifying glass, room, room cooler, rooming, roommate, room-service, Roumania, ruler, rural, treadmill), クーポン券 (cool, cool down, cool jazz, cool-box, cooler, cooler-box, coolie, cooling down, cooling tower, cooling-off, coulomb, coupon, courier service, course), エール大学 (acquired immune deficiency syndrome, aerobic dancing, aerobicise, aerobics, aerodynamics, aerogram, aerosol, aid, AIDS, AIDS virus, air, air bag, air brake, air breathing engine, air cargo, air check, air circulating system, air cleaner, air compressor, air conditioning, air curtain, air cushion, air dome, air door, air force, air girl, air gun, air hostess, air mail, air mattress, air pad, air pageant, air people, air pocket, air pot, air pump, air rifle, air right, air service, air shoot, air shuttle, air sick, air suspension, air terminal, air towel, airborne, airbrush, Airbus, airline, airport, airport tax, airsick bag, airsickness, airway, alias, alien, Edam cheese, eight, eight beat, exercising with aerobics, hit point, home page, HP, on-air monitor, stewardess, Yale University). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ルー クーラー (room cooler), くうちょうせつび, クーラー (cooler), エアコンディショナー , エアコン (air conditioning). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

airay onditionercay

   

Portuguese

  

climatizador. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кондиционер воздуха. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

klima-uređaj, erkondišn (air conditioning). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acondicionador de aire (air-conditioning unit). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

luftkonditionering (air conditioning, air-conditioning). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

klima, havalandırma tesisatı. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: AIR CONDITIONER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-i-i-n-n-o-o-r-r-t"

-3 letters: conditioner, doctrinaire, incinerator, indirection, recondition, recordation.

-4 letters: carotenoid, carotinoid, coordinate, decoration, indication, inordinate, interionic, iodination, nonreactor, ordination.

-5 letters: anticodon, carnitine, cartooned, condition, contained, container, coriander, coronated, crenation, creodonta, criterion, decorator, dietician, direction, incondite, indicator, indiction, irridenta, noncredit, nonerotic, nonrioter, ordinance, redaction, rendition.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Sounds
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Bibliography


  

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