"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) Categories (topical): Home appliances Synonyms: climate control 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), HLK (Heizung, Lüftung, Klima) (German), klíma- és légtechnika (Hungarian), fűtés, szellőzés/szellőztetés és légkondicionálás/klíma (Hungarian), AVAC [feminine] (Portuguese), HVAC [feminine] (Portuguese), ОВиК (OViK) (Russian), VVS (värme, ventilation, sanitet) (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "He got into HVAC because there is a lot of demand for the trade, and the demand will probably grow.",
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          "text": "That building is annoying because the HVAC breaks down at least once a month, but the managers refuse to replace it.",
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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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          "word": "暖通空調 /暖通空调"
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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",
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      "sense": "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning",
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      "sense": "heating, ventilation, and air conditioning",
      "word": "klíma- és légtechnika"
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