electric furnace

noun

1. a furnace in which the heat required is produced through electricity.

electric furnace

noun

1. any furnace in which the heat is provided by an electric current

Word History and Origins

Origin of electric furnace¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

At a silicon factory in China’s northwestern desert, Uyghur workers operate electric furnaces that reach more than 2,000 degrees.

From Washington Post

To-day in the electric furnace one may see tons of incandescent steel swirling about like boiling milk in a saucepan.

From Project Gutenberg

A traveling crane slowly hoisted the massive iron lid of the electric furnace.

From Project Gutenberg

He was reducing refractory metallic oxides in an electric furnace made of lime.

From Project Gutenberg

A few words of explanation of the electric furnace will show why.

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With the development of the modern electric furnace the possibility of calcium carbide as a commercial product became known.

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