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water heating

thermodynamic process that uses an energy source to heat water above its initial temperature
Class type of: heating, heating equipment Q27098513

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
heating, heating equipment
Class of object(s) of occurrence
water[11]
Described by source
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[4][5][6]
Different from
hot water supply[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[10]
Opposite of
water cooling[3]
Uses
hot water, hot water dispenser[8][9]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 10
OpenAlex ID
C2987760187, C2994006372
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Waterheater.jpg ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300051500
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/hot-water-heating
Freebase ID
/m/02l3ys
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1922688
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
vodianoe-otoplenie-9dd633
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
water-heating
NL CR AUT ID
ph430274
SVKKL authority ID
0375609-ohrev-vody

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🔗 Connections
← Has use 3
condensing boiler, instantaneous water heater, hot water dispenser
Class of object(s) of occurrence 1
water
Opposite of 1
water cooling
Subtypes 1
solar water heating
Uses 1
hot water dispenser
← Opposite of 1
water cooling
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Summary

water heating is a type of heating[1] and heating equipment[2].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Q98708562. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Q98708562. wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Q98708562. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary"
  2. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
  3. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0375609-ohrev-vody
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0375609-ohrev-vody, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 26w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → heating, heating equipment
    Uses → —
    Opposite of → water cooling
    Class of object(s) of occurrence → water
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: heating equipment"
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