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Tankless Water Heater

A water heater that heats water before it is directly distributed for end use as required: a demand water heater.


Temperature Zones

In HVAC, individual rooms or zones in a building where temperature is controlled separately from other rooms or zones.


Therm

A unit of heat containing 100,000 Btu.


Ton (Air Conditioning)

A unit of air-cooling capacity; 12,000 Btu per hour.


Touch Screen

A display which can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area.  The term generally refers to touch or contact to the display of the device by a finger or hand.  Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus.


Transducer

A device, usually electrical, electronic, electro-mechanical, electromagnetic, photonic, or photovoltaic that converts one (1) type of energy or physical attribute to another for various purposes including measurement or information transfer (for example, pressure sensors).