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Heat Pump

"electric device with both heating and cooling capabilities. It extracts heat from one medium at a lower (the heat source) temperature and transfers it to another at a higher temperature (the heat sink), thereby cooling the first and warming the second. (

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Terms of Environment

   
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