heatsink

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verb

To fit with a heat sink.

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Meanings

nounheatsink (plural heatsinks)

plural heatsinks

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of heat sink.
verbheatsink (third-person singular simple present heatsinks, present participle heatsinking, simple past heatsinked, past participle heatsinked or heatsunk)

present singular third person heatsinks · participle present heatsinking · past heatsinked · participle past heatsinked · participle past heatsunk

  1. transitiveTo fit with a heat sink.

    The device itself can dissipate a peak power of 78 W when properly heatsinked and has a 65 W steady dissipation.

    2012, Robert B. Northrop, Analysis and Application of Analog Electronic Circuits to Biomedical Instrumentation, page 385
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    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.

    1971, Joseph Stewart Bravman, Thermal effects in the operation of GaAs transferred electron microwave oscillators, page 138

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