- present participle of heat.
heating
Britishnoun
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a device or system for supplying heat, esp central heating, to a building
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the heat supplied
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The world's top climate scientists will reconvene at the earliest opportunity, the panel's chair said on Monday, after member states failed to agree when to release its crucial new findings on global heating.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Opened in 2025, the all-electric building, which contains a 200-seat lecture hall, is powered by a geothermal facility that provides heating and cooling.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Last December, residents of the house went eight days without any heating or hot water when the boiler broke, she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
A new option for heating and cooling is spreading across the U.S.: window heat pumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Washington wanted an ink that was more complicated, an ink that could not be read merely by heating the paper or by coating it with an ordinary chemical.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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