HVAC

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/ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk//ˌeɪt͡ʃ.vi.eɪˈsi/

A form of heating — A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.

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Meanings

nounHVAC (usually uncountable, plural HVACs)

plural HVACs

  1. abbreviationattributiveinitialismoftenuncountableusuallyInitialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them.

    Meronyms: heating, ventilating, ventilation, air conditioning, A/C, AC, refrigerating, refrigeration, cooling, air filtration

    2 more examples

    Before starting the installation, we ensured that our HVAC system was turned off at the breaker, removed the old thermostat, hooked up the Nest Thermostat with the proper wiring configurations and connected it via the Nest app (available for Android or iOS).

    2025 January 1, Jacob Krol, “The best smart thermostats of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025

    Many people believe that growth will only continue. “We’re gonna need stadiums full of electricians, heavy equipment operators, ironworkers, HVAC technicians,” Dwarkesh Patel and Romeo Dean, AI-industry analysts, wrote recently.

    2025 October 30, Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How the AI Crash Happens”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2025

    Synonyms: climate control

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
climate control

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 暖通空調 /暖通空调
  • 暖通空調 /暖通空调 (nuǎntōng kōngtiáo)heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Danish VVS (varme, ventilation, sanitet)
  • VVS (varme, ventilation, sanitet)heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Finnish LVI
  • LVIheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
French CVC
  • CVCheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
German HLK (Heizung, Lüftung, Klima)
  • HLK (Heizung, Lüftung, Klima)heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Hungarian klíma- és légtechnika, fűtés, szellőzés/szellőztetés és légkondicionálás/klíma
  • klíma- és légtechnikaheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
  • fűtés, szellőzés/szellőztetés és légkondicionálás/klímaheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Korean 공기조화기술
  • 공기조화기술 (gonggijohwagisul)heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Norwegian Bokmål VVS
  • VVSheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Portuguese AVAC, HVAC
  • AVACheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
  • HVACheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Russian ОВиК
  • ОВиК (OViK)heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Spanish HVAC
  • HVACheating, ventilation, and air conditioning
Swedish VVS (värme, ventilation, sanitet)
  • VVS (värme, ventilation, sanitet)heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

HVAC. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HVAC

MLA

“HVAC.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HVAC. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “HVAC,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/HVAC.

Source: HVAC on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.