heat pump
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4.2
- noun
- /hiːt pʌmp/
- Specialized
:
bomba de calor
- However, it doesn't look like the heat pump trend is going away.
- efficient heat pump
- super-efficient heat pump
- electric heat pump
And I'm now getting heat through my heat pump at roughly the same cost of gas heating.
- And I'm now getting heat through my heat pump at roughly the same cost of gas heating.
- So firstly, there was discussion about the costs of hydrogen heating versus heat pump heating.
- And the issue is that on top of the heat pump, there might come other expenses.
Examples
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Adding to this vision is a potential new device, the micro heat pump.
Academic text (1994) -
And I'm now getting heat through my heat pump at roughly the same cost of gas heating.
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And the issue is that on top of the heat pump, there might come other expenses.
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How many of 'em use a heat pump instead of a traditional AC?
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Part of the demand for new heat pumps is replacement demand that is independent of future electricity demand growth.
Academic text (2000) -
"The refrigerator is new, and I had a heat pump installed."
Fiction book (1995) -
Under these assumptions, the efficient heat pump is not a good investment for most households.
Academic text (2000) -
Subsidies cover home improvements like efficient heat pumps, electric water heaters and electric cook tops.
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The CCTI includes a tax credit of 20 percent for the purchase of residential-size electric heat pumps and air conditioners.
Academic text (2000) -
A heat pump extracts warmth from the outdoor air to efficiently heat your home during winter.
Synonyms
93
1.0
A machine that makes a room or water warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a device that moves or transfers heat' is directly and transparently built from 'heat' (thermal energy) + 'pump' (a machine that moves or forces a substance). This straightforward noun+noun compounding is common across languages (e.g., 'bomba de calor', 'pompe à chaleur'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely infer the correct device function.
Etymology
Heat pump comes from a simple image: a pump pushes something from one place to another, and a heat pump does the same with heat instead of water. So think of it as a machine that 'moves' heat from outside into a house to 'heat a building', which is why the name means a device that moves heat to warm or cool a home.