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HVAC en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌeɪt͡ʃ.vi.eɪˈsi/
• /ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, initialism, often, uncountable, usually) Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them.
   alt of and air conditioning
   alt of heating
   alt of ventilation
   • 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. 2025 October 30, Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How the AI Crash Happens”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 30 Oct 2025:
   • 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). 2025 January 1, Jacob Krol, “The best smart thermostats of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2025:
   • Meronyms: heating, ventilating, ventilation, air conditioning, A/C, AC, refrigerating, refrigeration, cooling, air filtration

Forms

Relateds

supply air · return air

Synonyms

climate control

Translations (16)

sv VVS (värme, ventilation, sanitet) (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · hu fűtés, szellőzés/szellőztetés és légkondicionálás/klíma (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · es HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · ru ОВиК (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · nn VVS (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · nb VVS (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · da VVS (varme, ventilation, sanitet) (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · kk жылыту, желдету және ауаны баптау (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · pt HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · pt AVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · cmn 暖通空調 /暖通空调 (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · hu klíma- és légtechnika (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · fi LVI (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · de HLK (Heizung, Lüftung, Klima) (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · ko 공기조화기술 (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) · fr CVC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)