How to Use heat sink in a Sentence

heat sink

noun
  • The safest way to do this is to use a heat sink such as a jug filled with hot water or stones warmed in the sun.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The One features an anodized aluminum heat sink, bracket, and lanyard loop.
    — Justyn Newman, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
  • Their findings show that space can serve as a practical heat sink for nighttime power generation.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
  • On the cold side, the team again used femtosecond laser pulses—this time on aluminum—to produce a highly effective heat sink.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The second test suggested that the battery cells could remain within a safe temperature range as long as there are sufficient heat sinks.
    — New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2026
  • For decades, oceans have acted as the planet’s main heat sink, absorbing 90% of the excess heat produced by humans burning fossil fuels.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • The Limits of Cooling Traditionally, an SoC is cooled by blowing air over a heat sink attached to its package.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Over the years, engineers have developed fans, heat sinks, liquid cooling loops, phase-change materials, and other technologies to keep cell temperatures within safe operating bounds.
    — Etiido Uko march 04, New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This paper-thin profile allows them to be integrated directly onto heat sinks, chassis walls, or internal components, enabling ultra-thin laptop designs that were previously impossible to cool.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026

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