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appliances
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| warranty | a seller's promise that a product will perform as specified or will be free from defects |
| service contract | an insurance policy for a major appliance that can be purchased from an appliance dealer to cover the cost of repairs for a period of time after the warranty on the appliance has expired |
| Energy Guide label | a yellow tag that shows an estimated yearly energy usage for the major appliance on which it appears |
| combination oven | an oven that can do two types of cooking, such as conventional and convection |
| downdraft ventilation | a ventilation system used in some ranges in which a fan is mounted under the cooktop. It draws cooking fumes away from the food before they have a chance to rise through the room |
| microwave | high frequency energy wave used in microwave ovens to cook foods quickly |
| wave pattern | the repeated cycle in which energy in a microwave oven is emitted by the magnetron tube |
| convection cooking | method of cooking in which foods are baked or roasted ion a stream of heated air |
| induction cooking | method of cooking in which foods are cooked with electro-magnetic energy |
| electromagnetic energy | energy that is generated when a magnetic attraction is formed by an electric current; heat that is generated in cookware when a magnetic attraction exists between it and an electric coil in an induction cooktop |
| refrigerant | a cooling agent |