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heat pump Definition

heat pump

noun

a device for cooling or warming an enclosed space by removing heat from interior air and transferring it out, or by absorbing heat from outdoor air, or from a hot-water source, and transferring it in

heat pump Usage Examples

Converse of object

use: Access to a suitable piece of ground or body of water would be required to use a heat pump.

Adjective modifier

geothermal: The hot water and the heating are supplied by a geothermal heat pump, the heat extracted from the surrounding ¾ acre garden.

Modifies a noun

source: Ground source heat pumps Ground source heat is a different form of geothermal energy.

Noun used with modifier

  • ground: Potentially every home in the UK with a garden could use a ground source heat pump.
  • source: Potentially every home in the UK with a garden could use a ground source heat pump.