heat sink
noun
: a substance or device that absorbs or dissipates especially unwanted heat (as from a process or an electronic device)
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The safest way to do this is to use a heat sink such as a jug filled with hot water or stones warmed in the sun.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Their findings show that space can serve as a practical heat sink for nighttime power generation.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
All that’s needed, the researchers say, is to connect a quantum system to a second system that can store information about it, and to a heat sink: a body that’s able to absorb a lot of energy.
—Philip Ball, Wired News, 2 Nov. 2025
Thermoelectric materials flex and create pulses inside the slim modules, pushing air through a heat sink noiselessly, with no spinning parts or fan bearings that are prone to fail over time.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
Their findings show that space can serve as a practical heat sink for nighttime power generation.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
All that’s needed, the researchers say, is to connect a quantum system to a second system that can store information about it, and to a heat sink: a body that’s able to absorb a lot of energy.
—Philip Ball, Wired News, 2 Nov. 2025
Thermoelectric materials flex and create pulses inside the slim modules, pushing air through a heat sink noiselessly, with no spinning parts or fan bearings that are prone to fail over time.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for heat sink
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“Heat sink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20sink. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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