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exchanger

American  
[iks-chaynj-er] / ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ ər /

noun

  • exchangers
    plural
  1. something or someone that trades or exchanges one thing for another.


exchanger British  
/ ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that exchanges

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The need for cooling meant redesigning the combustion chamber itself, and incorporating a new air-to-water heat exchanger.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 12, 2026

Once heated, the air then indirectly heats the incoming ventilation via a heat exchanger.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2024

Geothermal systems bring heat from underground using piped fluids, then use a heat exchanger to transfer it to a building’s ventilation system.

From Seattle Times Aug. 13, 2023

Binary power plants create energy through a heat exchanger “with no emissions whatsoever of geothermal fluid or gases,” he said.

From New York Times May 17, 2023

He played host to a large family reunion, replaced the heat exchanger in his boat, and transformed the ramshackle greenhouse into an elaborate workshop.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Cooling infrastructure — water rights, supply chains for chillers and heat exchangers — has become a project-level constraint.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

Modine provides everything data centers need to cool chips: rear-door heat exchangers, AC units, chillers, and coolant distribution units.

From Barron's Apr. 16, 2026

Heat exchangers are custom-built devices about as tall as a 15-story building and more than 15 feet across, containing thousands of miles of intricate pipework.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

In the longer term, air source heat pumps might be the more reliable alternative where the cost of electricity to power the heat exchangers is regulated.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

Throughout, there was in existence one class who grasped the fact without any knowledge of the theory, and profited by it—the merchant exchangers.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

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