heat pump

noun

A device that transfers thermal energy between spaces using a refrigeration cycle, usually between an enclosed space and the outdoors.

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Meanings

nounheat pump (plural heat pumps)

plural heat pumps

  1. A device that transfers thermal energy between spaces using a refrigeration cycle, usually between an enclosed space and the outdoors.

Translations

Catalan bomba de calor
  • bomba de calordevice that transfers thermal energy
Dutch warmtepomp
  • warmtepompdevice that transfers thermal energy
Finnish lämpöpumppu
  • lämpöpumppudevice that transfers thermal energy
French thermopompe, pompe à chaleur
  • thermopompedevice that transfers thermal energy
  • pompe à chaleurdevice that transfers thermal energy
German Wärmepumpe
  • Wärmepumpedevice that transfers thermal energy
Hebrew משאבת חום, מַשְׁאֵבַת חֹם
  • משאבת חוםdevice that transfers thermal energy
  • מַשְׁאֵבַת חֹם (mash'evát khóm)device that transfers thermal energy
Hungarian hőszivattyú
  • hőszivattyúdevice that transfers thermal energy
Icelandic varmadæla
  • varmadæladevice that transfers thermal energy
Italian pompa di calore, termopompa
  • pompa di caloredevice that transfers thermal energy
  • termopompadevice that transfers thermal energy
Japanese ヒートポンプ
  • ヒートポンプ (hītoponpu)device that transfers thermal energy
Norwegian Bokmål varmepumpe
  • varmepumpedevice that transfers thermal energy
Polish pompa ciepła
  • pompa ciepładevice that transfers thermal energy
Portuguese bomba de calor
  • bomba de calordevice that transfers thermal energy
Romanian pompă de căldură
  • pompă de căldurădevice that transfers thermal energy
Spanish bomba de calor
  • bomba de calordevice that transfers thermal energy
Swedish värmepump
  • värmepumpdevice that transfers thermal energy
Tagalog sigloy-init
  • sigloy-initdevice that transfers thermal energy
Turkish ısı pompası
  • ısı pompasıdevice that transfers thermal energy
Cite this entry
APA

heat pump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20pump

MLA

“heat pump.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20pump. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “heat pump,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/heat%20pump.

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