Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any appliance for lowering the temperature of the air, as in hospitals, dwellings, and theaters. A common form consists of chambers filled with ice, or fitted with screens of light fabric kept constantly wet with cooling liquids, through which a current of air is forced. See refrigerating-chamber, under refrigerate.

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Examples

  • The enraged activists damaged an air-cooler installed inside the police station and smashed the window.

    The Times of India 2010

  • We stopped in and asked Willy if he had any later models like ours to see what parts we could salvage but alas he only had the older air-cooler versions.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • The enraged activists damaged an air-cooler installed inside the police station and smashed the window.

    The Times of India 2010

  • [02/17/2010 01: 54 PM | Cooling/PSU] by Sergey Lepilov Today we are going to talk about the most powerful top air-cooler employing core-contact technology in its design.

    X-bit labs Sergey Lepilov 2010

  • Furthermore, cooling has grown considerably in size and now takes up a fair amount of real estate whether it is an air-cooler or a more complex water-cooled system.

    TechSpot 2009

  • Prolimatech, of the Megahalems CPU cooler fame, is ready with its first high-performance VGA air-cooler, the Prolimatech MK-13.

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2009

  • Using an air-cooler we reached a stable frequency of 3. 60GHz with the 940.

    OCTools 2009

  • Prolimatech, of the Megahalems CPU cooler fame, is ready with its first high-performance VGA air-cooler, the Prolimatech MK-13.

    www.hardwarezone.com.sg 2009

  • I have to admit that it sounds too sophisticated and not typical for a CPU air-cooler at all.

    X-bit labs 2009

  • I have to admit that it sounds too sophisticated and not typical for a CPU air-cooler at all.

    X-bit labs 2009

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