heat sink

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   a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat

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Questions about heat sink

What does heat sink mean?

heat sink means "a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat".

Is heat sink a common word?

heat sink is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.