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Typically, radiators transfer heat to their environment by both radiation of infrared wavelengths and convection via air (or water, if the radiator is immersed in water).

How much IR radiation versus how much convective transfer depends on the specifics. For a very general answer, radiator is a simple, useful name. It is hard to see what changing it would accomplish.

In electronics, things which dump heat from components to environment are called heat sinks. This is not really an improvement.

A "radiator" in a room could be called "heater".

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15y ago

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