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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