oil burner, oil furnace-a furnace that burns oil. open-hearth furnace-a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it. register-a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device.. An enclosure in which energy in a nonthermal form is converted to heat, especially such an enclosure in which heat is generated by the combustion of a suitable fuel. 2. An intensely hot place: the furnace of the sun; an attic room that is a furnace in the summer.
The demographics of Asian Americans describe a heterogeneous group of people in the United States who trace their ancestry to one or more Asian countries. Because Asian Americans total about 5.6% of the entire US population, diversity within the group is often overlooked in media treatment.
Among metropolitan areas, New York City had the largest Asian population, with more than 1 million, followed by Los Angeles, with 484,000, and San Jose, with 347,000. Filipinos are the largest Asian group in the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Washington, Wyoming and South Dakota. The Chinese made up the largest Asian group in Colorado, Oregon, Utah, District of Columbia, North Dakota, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont. advertisement Don't miss out on the latest news and information.