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| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: AIR CONDITIONER |
| English words defined with "AIR CONDITIONER": dehumidify ♦ electrical system. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "AIR CONDITIONER": Condenser Coil, Condensing Unit, COOLING CAPACITY, TOTAL ♦ Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio ♦ Unitary Air Conditioner. (references) |
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Screenplays | No astronaut would enter the capsule carrying his air conditioner. (You Only Live Twice; writing credit: Roald Dahl) | |
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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. |
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| Air conditioner being turned on and motorized fan begins to blow cool air. | |
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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. | ||
Expression using "AIR CONDITIONER": packaged air conditioner. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| 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 climatizador. (various references) кондиционер воздуха. (various references) klima-uređaj, erkondišn (air conditioning). (various references) acondicionador de aire (air-conditioning unit). (various references) luftkonditionering (air conditioning, air-conditioning). (various references) klima, havalandırma tesisatı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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