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.
Indian American Demographics (South Asian) Third largest Asian American group with a population of 1,645,510 (Indian alone). About 1.68 million Asians reported more then one Asian group or race in Census 2000 and are not included in these numbers. Actual number of Indians would thus be more. Population growth rates of 106% from 1990 to 2000 and 125.6% from 1980 to 1990.