heatsink

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See also: heat sink

English

Noun

heatsink (plural heatsinks)

  1. Alternative spelling of heat sink

Verb

heatsink (third-person singular simple present heatsinks, present participle heatsinking, simple past heatsinked, past participle heatsinked or heatsunk)

  1. (transitive) To fit with a heat sink.
    • 1971, Joseph Stewart Bravman, Thermal effects in the operation of GaAs transferred electron microwave oscillators, page 138:
      It was necessary to heatsink the device through the center conductor of the coax thereby producing a total thermal resistance from the active layer to the ambient of almost 50°C/watt.
    • 2012, Robert B. Northrop, Analysis and Application of Analog Electronic Circuits to Biomedical Instrumentation, page 385:
      The device itself can dissipate a peak power of 78 W when properly heatsinked and has a 65 W steady dissipation.

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