HEAT SINK


Meaning of HEAT SINK in English

1. Thermodynam. any environment or medium that absorbs heat.

2. Also, heatsink . Electronics. a metallic heat exchanger designed to absorb and dissipate excess heat from one of the devices, as a transistor or resistor, in a circuit.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .