heat sink
Thermodynamics. any environment or medium that absorbs heat.
Also heatsink .Electronics. a metallic heat exchanger designed to absorb and dissipate excess heat from one of the devices, as a transistor or resistor, in a circuit.
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How to use heat sink in a sentence
One is by “optimizing” its passive heat sinks—the diecast aluminum with the ridges on the sides of the battery pack.
This sleek electric motorcycle uses new battery tech for longer rides | Rob Verger | November 4, 2021 | Popular-ScienceDuring those late hours, I read books online about theories in Web designing, the material properties of heat sinks, on static pressure fans and how they compared to air flow fans in mechanical part cooling.
Traditional school isn’t always the way to go, and I wish my parents had seen that earlier | Kenneth R. Rosen | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostI knew it was going to be larger because I know how much power there was going to be, so I knew how much air flow you would need and how much space for a heat sink.
PS5 designer: ‘When I started drawing, it was much larger’ | Joe Moore | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostOn a more granular cooling level, Sony has added a thermal layer between the chip and its heat sink to make cooling more stable—the company says this took two years to develop.
As a heat sink, the water provided stability of temperature that would have been difficult to achieve without it.
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British Dictionary definitions for heat sink
a metal plate specially designed to conduct and radiate heat from an electrical component
a layer of material placed within the outer skin of high-speed aircraft to absorb heat
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Scientific definitions for heat sink
A protective device that absorbs and dissipates the excess heat generated by a system.
An environment capable of absorbing heat from substances within it (and with which it is in thermal contact) without an appreciable change in its own temperature and without a change in its own phase.
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Cultural definitions for heat sink
A reservoir for excess heat, especially in a mechanical or electrical device.
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