heat exchanger

noun

: a device (such as an automobile radiator) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix

Examples of heat exchanger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dover makes heat exchangers used to cool servers inside data centers. —Jeff Marks, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026

Assembling the Ni-Ti tubes into a working elastocaloric regenerator—a type of heat exchanger—involved grouping them into trios, and tightly fitting them into a strong plastic casing. —IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026

Finally, when the brewery requires steam for its production lines, the hot sand is circulated through an external heat exchanger to discharge the heat on demand, achieving a tenfold higher heat transfer efficiency than conventional static storage models. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026

The idea behind LHCb is to install a heat exchanger at the Point 8 installation on the accelerator ring, which is in proximity to the French town of Ferney-Voltaie. —New Atlas, 30 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for heat exchanger

• arranger
• endanger
• changer
• danger
• manger
• ranger
• stranger

Kids Definition

heat exchanger

noun

: a device (as an automobile radiator) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix

Medical Definition

heat exchanger

noun

heat ex·​chang·​er -iks-ˌchānj-ər 

: a device (as in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood circulation) for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing them to mix