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Electric fan   /ɪlˈɛktrɪk fæn/   Listen
Electric fan

noun
1.
A fan run by an electric motor.  Synonym: blower.






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"Electric fan" Quotes from Famous Books



... And yet one of the finest sleeping cars I ever traveled in was on the South Manchurian railway. I had a large roomy compartment to myself. In it was a comfortable bed, or berth, a folding washstand and writing desk, electric fan, and various other conveniences. While this was an eastern model sleeper, an American pullman was also attached to the train ...
— Birdseye Views of Far Lands • James T. Nichols

... "juice" is not monopolized, an electric fan in drying is economical, especially for those ...
— Three Acres and Liberty • Bolton Hall

... at the south side of the laboratory is placed a powerful electric fan which draws the air from above the floor of the calorimeter laboratory, draws it over brine coils, and sends it out into a large duct suspended on the ceiling of the laboratory. This duct has a number of openings, each of which can be controlled by a valve, and an unlimited supply of cold air ...
— Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man • Francis Gano Benedict

... even hotter than the day had been. Only the whirring electric fan kept the air moving. It might have been midsummer instead of the end ...
— The Rocks of Valpre • Ethel May Dell



Words linked to "Electric fan" :   fan blade, electric motor, hub, fan



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