(n.) A furnace, esp. one connected with a series of small chambers and flues of tiles or other masonry through which the heat of a fire was distributed to rooms above. This contrivance, first used in bath, was afterwards adopted in private houses.
Example Sentences:
(1) "He's a powerful and original thinker, and to involve myself in the hypocaust of his imagination is toxic for my own work."
Underfloor
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The barn where we ate and did classes was more than spacious enough for our group of 10, with underfloor heating and two wood burners making it feel positively tropical in December.
(2) However, the staging in the round at the Cottesloe, with Paule Constable's wonderful underfloor lighting conveying the hero's love of maths and the night sky, seemed so integral to the success of the play.
(3) Heat pumps run at much lower temperatures than a standard boiler, and so they are most suited to well-insulated buildings, ideally those with underfloor heating."
(4) This report describes two female patients, 69 and 79 years old, with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) developing from erythema ab igne (EAI) due to thermal irradiation from a sunken hearth (irori in Japanese) or an underfloor brazier covered with a quilt (kotatsu in Japanese).
(5) : sedentary behaviour, underfloor heating, the use of oral contraceptives or of menopausal hormone replacement therapy.
(6) Every prisoner has his own cell, with a toilet, shower, underfloor heating, and landline telephone (although this could change later this year, if, as planned, the prison is allocated another 400 inmates, at which point some will have to start sharing cells).
(7) There's underfloor heating, a sleek, Scandinavian woodburning stove in the lounge, a telescope in the garden room for spotting dolphins and seals in the waves far below, and a path weaving down to the shore.
(8) The 32 light and spacious bedrooms have underfloor heating, goose-down duvets and Voya Irish organic seaweed toiletries.
(9) There's a discernible hum, the feeling that Oxford Street's underfloor heating has been turned up too high.
(10) Each property has a designer kitchen and multi-zone underfloor heating adjustable from smartphone and tablet devices.
(11) After some debate, they opted for water underfloor heating.
(12) When the liquid travels around the loop it absorbs heat from the ground, then uses it to heat radiators, underfloor heating systems and even hot water.