Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hvac

/ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English

Syllables: hvac
IPA: /ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/

12

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Meronyms: heating, ventilating, ventilation, air conditioning, A/C, AC, refrigerating, refrigeration, cooling, air filtration"
"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)."
"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

HVACs (plural)

Phrases

return air supply air

Frequently Paired Words

return air supply air

Synonyms

climate control

Questions

How do you pronounce hvac?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/.
What does hvac mean?: 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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