heating element

noun

1. a coil or other arrangement of wire in which heat is produced by an electric current

Example Sentences

As an extra protective measure, the hair care tool must have a safety cover securely fitted over the heating element.

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The fibers can also be combined with conductive thread, which acts as a heating element when electric current runs through it.

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The current is no longer able to flow without resistance through the nanowire and is instead shunted to a small resistive heating element connected to each pixel.

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The metals were thought to come from the heating element - but the tests showed they were in the e-liquid itself.

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Some ovens with heating elements at the top and bottom are designed to use both of them to quickly heat the cavity, and then the top element turns off once the desired temperature is reached.

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Related Words

• heater 
• lamp