Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heat_sink

1 sense of heat sink

Sense 1
heat sink -- (a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat)
       => conductor -- (a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.)
       => sink -- ((technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide")