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heating element

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noun

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

"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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I jury-rigged a heating element for our Kenmore refrigerator’s balky ice-maker water-feed tube.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

The toilet also features a rotating heating element that evaporates urine and dries other waste.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2025

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.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2023

He discovered the heating element was gone, mainly because I had taken it to see if my plans for an electrical-ignition system would work.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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