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heat exchanger

noun

  1. a device for transferring the heat of one substance to another, as from the exhaust gases to the incoming air in a regenerative furnace.

heat exchanger

noun

  1. a device for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of heat exchanger1

First recorded in 1900–05

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