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| hy·po·caust [ hpə kàwst ] (plural hy·po·causts) |
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ancient Roman heating: in ancient Rome, a system of central heating in which hot air from an underground furnace circulated beneath floors and between double walls
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| [Late 17th century. Via Latin< Greek hupokauston "place heated from below" < kaiein "burn"] |
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