Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1.
any object that radiates energy;
2.
heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings;
3.
a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot fluids circulate;
heat is transferred from the fluid through the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the motion of the vehicle or by a fan;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Radiator \Ra"di*a`tor\ (r[=a]"d[i^]*[=a]`t[~e]r), n.
1. That which radiates or emits rays, whether of light or
heat; especially, that part of a heating apparatus from
which the heat is radiated or diffused; as, a steam
radiator.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any of various devices for cooling an internal substance
by radiation, as a system of rings on a gun barrel for
cooling it, or a nest of tubes with large radiating
surface for cooling circulating water, as in an
automobile.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Wireless Teleg.) An oscillator.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
radiator
n 1: any object that radiates energy
2: heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam
or hot water to heat rooms or buildings
3: a mechanism consisting of a metal honeycomb through which hot
fluids circulate; heat is transferred from the fluid through
the honeycomb to the airstream that is created either by the
motion of the vehicle or by a fan