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ra⋅di⋅a⋅tor

  [rey-dee-ey-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that radiates.
2. any of various heating devices, as a series or coil of pipes through which steam or hot water passes.
3. a device constructed from thin-walled tubes and metal fins, used for cooling circulating water, as in an automobile engine.
4. Radio. a transmitting antenna.
Origin:
1830–40; radiate + -or 2
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ra·di·a·tor   (rā'dē-ā'tər)   
n.  

  1. A heating device consisting of a series of connected pipes, typically inside an upright metal structure, through which steam or hot water is circulated so as to radiate heat into the surrounding space.

  2. A cooling device, as in automotive engines, through which water or other fluids circulate as a coolant.

  3. Physics A body that emits radiation.

  4. A transmitting antenna.

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Word Origin & History

radiator 
1836, "any thing that radiates," from radiate (see radiant) + agent suffix -or. Meaning "heater" is from 1851; sense of "cooling device in internal combustion engine" is 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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