heating
pronunciation
How to pronounce heating in British English:
UK [ˈhiːtɪŋ]
How to pronounce heating in American English:
US [ˈhiːtɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
- utility to warm a building
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- Adjective:
- serving to heat
Word Origin
- heating (n.)
- "action of making hot," late 14c., verbal noun from heat (v.).
Example
- 1. Users can also control heating , lighting and door locks remotely from a smart phone or tablet .
- 2. Pasteurization makes food safe by heating microbes to death .
- 3. Incidence has gone down since the introduction of central heating .
- 4. Worldwide spending on heating and air conditioning exceeds $ 145 billion a year .
- 5. Mr. peabody says passive houses cut heating and cooling costs by about ninety percent .