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.
WASHINGTON (AP) â The United States Census Bureau released data on Thursday showing that the Latino population is no longer the fastest-growing minority group in the country. Non-Hispanic whites are still by far the largest racial group in the United States with a population of 197.8 million.(All other racial and ethnic groups make up 37 percent of the population, or 118.3 million.) But Asians, not Hispanics, were the fastest-growing group in 2013.ASHINGTON (AP) â The United States Census Bureau released data on Thursday showing that the Latino population is no longer the fastest-growing minority group in the country. Non-Hispanic whites are still by far the largest racial group in the United States with a population of 197.8 million.