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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

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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

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

From BBC • May 22, 2023

In some cases, moisture will drip down into the heating element, which can smell up your house or even short the wiring and destroy the dehydrator.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2022

He looked at the heating element, then at my paperwork.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover