Definition of Steam heating

1. Noun. A heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators.

Exact synonyms: Steam Heat
Generic synonyms: Heat, Heating, Heating Plant, Heating System

Lexicographical Neighbors of Steam Heating

steam clean
steam coal
steam condenser
steam condensers
steam cracker
steam cracking
steam distillation
steam engine
steam engines
steam fitting
steam hammer
steam hammers
steam heat
steam heater
steam heaters
steam heating (current term)
steam iron
steam irons
steam line
steam locomotive
steam locomotives
steam organ
steam pipe
steam power
steam radio
steam roller
steam rollers
steam room
steam ship
steam ships

Literary usage of Steam heating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1908)
"The Combined Pressure and Vacuum System of steam heating. ... Engrs. Presents the advantages claimed for this new system ot vacuum steam heating. 2500 w. ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"steam heating. Heating house» and public buildings. CS Dow. il. Chaut. 64: 368-84. N. '11. See also Heating; Radiators. Steam laundry. Sec Laundry, Steam. ..."

3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"... Locomotives; Rotary engines; Steam turbines steam heating /SVp also Heating from central stations Steam plants Power equipment for steam plants. ..."

4. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1910)
"Exhaust steam heating. — Fig. 2 gives a diagrammatic arrangement of a simple non-condensing plant differing from Fig. 1 in that the exhaust steam is used ..."

5. Steam Power Plant Engineering by George Frederick Gebhardt (1917)
"Exhaust steam heating. — Fig. 2 gives a diagrammatic arrangement of a simple non-condensing plant differing from Fig. ..."

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