Heater

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A heater is any object that emits heat or causes another body to achieve a higher temperature.

[edit] Types of heaters

• Block heater
• Cathode heater
• Central heater
• Dielectric heater
• District heater
• Electric heater
• Fan heater
• Flameless ration heater
• Gas heater
• Geothermal heater
• Heating pad
• Hydronic heater
• Induction heater
• Pre Heater
• Radioisotope heater unit
• Salamander heater
• Solar furnace
• Solar heater
• Water heater

[edit] Different meanings

In electronics the term heater can refer to the element in a vacuum tube that heats the cathode to aid in thermionic emission of electrons