"HVAC" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/, /ˌeɪt͡ʃ.vi.eɪˈsi/ Forms: HVACs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} HVAC (usually uncountable, plural HVACs)
  1. (often attributive) Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, initialism, often, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: heating (extra: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them), ventilation (extra: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them), and air conditioning (extra: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them) Synonyms: climate control Related terms: return air, supply air Translations (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning): 暖通空調 /暖通空调 (nuǎntōng kōngtiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), VVS (varme, ventilation, sanitet) [common-gender] (Danish), LVI (Finnish), CVC (French), HLK (Heizung, Lüftung, Klima) (German), klíma- és légtechnika (Hungarian), fűtés, szellőzés/szellőztetés és légkondicionálás/klíma (Hungarian), жылыту, желдету және ауаны баптау (jılıtuw, jeldetüw jäne awanı baptaw) (Kazakh), 공기조화기술 (gonggijohwagisul) (alt: 空氣調和技術) (Korean), VVS [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), VVS [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), AVAC [feminine] (Portuguese), HVAC [feminine] (Portuguese), ОВиК (OViK) (alt: отопление, вентиляция и кондиционирование) (Russian), HVAC [masculine] (Spanish), VVS (värme, ventilation, sanitet) [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ventilation"
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          "ref": "2025 January 1, Jacob Krol, “The best smart thermostats of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025:",
          "text": "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).",
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          "text": "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.",
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        "(often attributive) Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them."
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          "sense": "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning",
          "word": "CVC"
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          "sense": "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning",
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          "code": "kk",
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          "roman": "jılıtuw, jeldetüw jäne awanı baptaw",
          "sense": "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning",
          "word": "жылыту, желдету және ауаны баптау"
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          "alt": "空氣調和技術",
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          "sense": "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning",
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          "word": "ventilation"
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          "text": "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.",
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        "(often attributive) Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them."
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