cooling tower

noun

Energy.

1. a usually cylindrical structure, sometimes of very great size, in which heat is extracted from water that has been used for cooling, as in a nuclear reactor.

cooling tower

noun

1. a tall hollow structure in which steam is condensed or water that is used as a coolant in some industrial process is allowed to cool for reuse by trickling down a surface

Word History and Origins

Origin of cooling tower¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Her hillside home overlooks the Susquehanna River and offers a clear view of the plant’s signature cooling towers above bare trees.

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That’s the shape of the nuclear plant where Homer Simpson works, and it’s a common shape for nuclear plant cooling towers.

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Engie has already sought permission to tear down the reactor’s cooling towers that loom over the city of Huy from the banks of the Meuse River.

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Many data center buildings have industrial-scale cooling towers where water evaporates and helps cool the interior environment.

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Last week, Kyiv and Moscow traded blame after a fire broke out in one of the plant's cooling towers.

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