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Princeton's WordNet
heat, heat energynoun
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
hotness, heat, high temperaturenoun
the presence of heat
heat, warmthnoun
the sensation caused by heat energy
heat, warmth, passionnoun
the trait of being intensely emotional
estrus, oestrus, heat, rutnoun
applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
heatnoun
a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race
heating system, heating plant, heating, heatverb
utility to warm a building
"the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"
heat, heat upverb
make hot or hotter
"the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
heatverb
provide with heat
"heat the house"
inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire upverb
arouse or excite feelings and passions
"The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
heat, hot up, heat upverb
gain heat or get hot
"The room heated up quickly"
GCIDE
Heatnoun
(Zool.) Sexual excitement in animals; readiness for sexual activity; estrus or rut.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Heatnoun
Etymology: heat, Hæt, Saxon; heete, Danish.
Heat is a very brisk agitation of the insensible parts of the object, which produces in us that sensation from whence we denominate the object hot; so what in our sensation is heat, in the object is nothing but motion. John Locke.
The word heat is used to signify the sensation we have when we are near the fire, as well as the cause of that sensation, which is in the fire itself; and thence we conclude, that there is a sort of heat in the fire resembling our own sensation: whereas in the fire there is nothing but little particles of matter, of such particular shapes as are fitted to impress such motions on our flesh as excite the sense of heat. Isaac Watts.
The sword which is made fiery doth not only cut by reason of the sharpness which simply it hath, but also burn by means of that heat which it hath from fire. Richard Hooker, b. v.
After they came down into the valley, and found the intolerable heats which are there, and knew no means of lighter apparel, they were forced to begin the custom of going naked. Francis Bacon, New Atlantis.
Mark well the flow’ring almonds in the wood;
The glebe will answer to the sylvan reign;
Great heats will follow, and large crops of grain. Dryden.The pope would not comply with the proposal, as fearing the heats might advance too far before they had finished their work, and produce a pestilence among the people. Addison.
The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red heat, a white flame heat, and a sparkling or welding heat. Joseph Moxon.
The continual agitations of the spirits must needs be a weakening of any constitution, especially in age; and many causes are required for refreshment betwixt the heats. Dryden.
I’ll strike my fortune with him at a heat,
And give him not the leisure to forget. John Dryden, Aurengz.Feign’d zeal, you saw, set out the speedier pace;
But the last heat, plain dealing won the race. Dryden.It has raised animosities in their hearts, and heats in their faces, and broke out in their ribbans. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
They seeing what forces were in the city with them, issued against the tyrant while they were in this heat, before practices might be used to dissever them. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
The friend hath lost his friend;
And the best quarrels, in the heat, are curst
By those that feel their sharpness. William Shakespeare, King Lear.It might have pleased in the heat and hurry of his rage, but must have displeased in the cool sedate reflections of his mind. Robert South, Sermons.
We have spilt no blood but in the heat of the battle, or the chase. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
One playing at hazard, held in many hands together, and drew a huge heap of gold; but, in the heat of play, never observed a sharper, who swept it into his hat. Jonathan Swift.
Our state thinks not so: they are in a most warlike preparation, and hope to come upon them in the heat of their division. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.
I was sorry to hear with what partiality and popular heat elections were carried. Charles I .
What can more gratify the Phrygian foe
Than those distemper’d heats? John Dryden, Homer.Plead it to her
With all the strength and heats of eloquence,
Fraternal love and friendship can inspire. Joseph Addison, Cato.To Heatverb
Etymology: from the noun.
He commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. Dan. iii. 19.
Hops lying undried heats them, and changes their colour. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
Thou art going to lord Timon’s feast.
—— Ay, to see meat fill knaves, and wine heat fools. William Shakespeare.Whatever increaseth the density of the blood, even without increasing its celerity, heats, because a denser body is hotter than a rarer. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
A noble emulation heats your breast,
And your own fame now robs you of your rest. Dryden.When he was well heated the younger champion could not stand before him; and we find the elder contended not for the gift, but for the honour. John Dryden, Æn. Dedication.
Wikipedia
HEAT
High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions by having an explosive charge collapse a metal liner inside the warhead into a high-velocity explosively formed penetrator (EFP) jet; this is capable of penetrating armor steel to a depth of seven or more times the diameter of the charge (charge diameters, CD). The EFPs jet effect is purely kinetic in nature; the round has no explosive or incendiary effect on the target. As they rely on the kinetic energy of the EFP jet for their penetration performance, HEAT warheads do not have to be delivered with high velocity, as an armor-piercing round does. Thus they can be fired by lower-powered weapons that generate less recoil. The performance of HEAT weapons has nothing to do with thermal effects, with HEAT being simply an acronym.
ChatGPT
heat
Heat is a form of energy associated with the movement of atoms or molecules. It is typically transferred between systems or objects in various states such as solid, liquid, or gas. This transfer usually occurs from a region with higher temperature to another with lower temperature, often leading to a temperature change or phase transition in the receiving object or system.
Webster Dictionary
Heatnoun
a force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric
Heatnoun
the sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold
Heatnoun
high temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc
Heatnoun
indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise
Heatnoun
a single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats
Heatnoun
a violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three
Heatnoun
utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party
Heatnoun
agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation
Heatnoun
animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency
Heatnoun
sexual excitement in animals
Heatnoun
fermentation
Heatverb
to make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like
Heatverb
to excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish
Heatverb
to excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions
Heatverb
to grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly
Heatverb
to grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill
Heat
heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot
Etymology: [OE. heten, AS. htan, fr. ht hot. See Hot.]
Wikidata
Heat
In physics and chemistry, heat is energy transferred from one body to another by thermal interactions. The transfer of energy can occur in a variety of ways, among them conduction, radiation, and convection. Heat is not a property of a system or body, but instead is always associated with a process of some kind, and is synonymous with heat flow and heat transfer. Heat flow from hotter to colder systems occurs spontaneously, and is always accompanied by an increase in entropy. In a heat engine, internal energy of bodies is harnessed to provide useful work. The second law of thermodynamics states the principle that heat cannot flow directly from cold to hot systems, but with the aid of a heat pump external work can be used to transport internal energy indirectly from a cold to a hot body. Transfers of energy as heat are macroscopic processes. The origin and properties of heat can be understood through the statistical mechanics of microscopic constituents such as molecules and photons. For instance, heat flow can occur when the rapidly vibrating molecules in a high temperature body transfer some of their energy to the more slowly vibrating molecules in a lower temperature body.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Heat
hēt, n. that which excites the sensation of warmth: sensation of warmth: a heating: exposure to intense heat: a warm temperature: the warmest period, as the heat of the day: indication of warmth, flush, redness: vehemence, passion; sexual excitement, or its period, esp. of the female, corresponding to rut in the male: a single course in a race: animation.—v.t. to make hot: to agitate.—v.i. to become hot:—pr.p. heat′ing; pa.p. heat′ed.—n. Heat′-ap′oplexy, sunstroke.—p.adj. Heat′ed.—ns. Heat′-en′gine, an engine which transforms heat into mechanical work; Heat′er, one who, or that which, heats: a piece of cast-iron heated and then placed in a hollow flat-iron, &c.—adjs. Heat′er-shaped, triangular, like the common heater; Heat′ing, causing or imparting heat.—ns. Heat′-spot, a spot on the surface of the body where a sensation of heat is felt; Heat′-ū′nit, amount of heat required to raise a pound of water one degree.—Latent heat, the quantity of heat absorbed when bodies pass from the solid into the liquid, or from the liquid into the gaseous, state; Mechanical equivalent of heat, the relation between heat and work—viz. the amount of molecular energy required to produce one heat-unit; Specific heat, the number of heat-units necessary to raise the unit of mass of a given substance one degree in temperature. [A.S. hǽto, heat, hát, hot; Ger. hitze.]
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Heat
A form of kinetic energy, due to a confused oscillatory movement of the molecules of a body. Heat is not motion, as a heated body does not change its place; it is not momentum, but it is the energy of motion. If the quantity of molecular motion is doubled the momentum of the molecules is also doubled, but the molecular mechanical energy or heat is quadrupled. As a form of energy it is measured by thermal units. The calorie is the most important, and unfortunately the same term applies to two units, the gram-degree C. and the kilogram-degree C. (See Calorie.) Calories are determined by a calorimeter, q. v. Independent of quantity of heat a body may be hotter or colder. Thermometers are used to determine its temperature. Heat is transmitted by conduction, a body conducting it slowly for some distance through its own substance. Bodies vary greatly in their conductivity for heat. It is also transmitted by convection of gases or liquids, when the heated molecules traveling through the mass impart their heat to other parts. Finally it is transmitted by ether waves with probably the speed of light. This mode of transmission and the phenomena of it were attributed to radiant heat. As a scientific term this is now dropped by many scientists. This practice very properly restricts the term "heat" to kinetic molecular motion. The mechanical equivalent of heat is the number of units of work which the energy of one unit quantity of heat represents. (See Equivalents, Mechanical and Physical.)
Rap Dictionary
heatnoun
A gun. "I should pull out my heat and start bustin' anyway" -- ???
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Rank popularity for the word 'heat' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1947
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Rank popularity for the word 'heat' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2331
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Rank popularity for the word 'heat' in Nouns Frequency: #847
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'heat' in Verbs Frequency: #969
Anagrams for heat »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of heat in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of heat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of heat in a Sentence
The center of the upper ridge looks to be situated over Kansas during the weekend ensuring the return of triple-digit heat to many areas.
These are cars that are parked bumper to bumper, and with the winds we had last night and the heat the cars were giving off, it was spreading quickly.
You can't see through a concrete wall so I could have a great fire and I'll never know it's there. But if I have a single-family residence with aluminum or wood siding, I'll probably see it. Same thing with roofs, the drone pilot needs to be more than just a pilot ; he needs to have a familiarity with what heat signatures will penetrate building material.
Summertime is coming. It gets hot in these places in July and because the heat and the sunlight reduces the virus present in the environment we will stop seeing cases.
An exceptionally strong ridge of high pressure will develop over British Columbia likely resulting in record breaking temperatures, the duration of this heat wave is concerning as there is little relief at night with elevated overnight temperatures.
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- حرارةArabic
- calorCatalan, Valencian
- žár, říje, teplo, pálivý, ostrý, horko, vedro, pikantníCzech
- runde, løbetid, varme, hedebølge, opvarmning, heat, hede, tænde, opvarmeDanish
- Hitze, Wärmeenergie, Vorlauf, Lauf, Läufigkeit, Schärfe, Brunft, Brunst, Rolligkeit, Wärme, heiß machen, erhitzenGerman
- [[προκριματικός]] [[αγώνας]], θερμότηταGreek
- varmo, oestro, varmego, hejtiEsperanto
- tira, picor, calor, eliminatoria, poli, emoción, brama, celo, onda de calor, ímpetu, cachondez, estro, vorágine, canícula, intensidad, bola rápida, picante, chota, empalago, calentar, cachondear, excitar, elevar la temperatura, estimular, caldearSpanish
- گرمی, گرماPersian
- tulisuus, kuumuus, helle, kiima, lämpö, karsintaerä, paine, lämpöenergia, kuumennus, painostus, juoksuaika, kiihko, kuumentaa, kiihottaa, paahtaa, lämmittääFinnish
- riðilFaroese
- rut, chaleur, artillerie, excitation, chauffe, flicaille, piquant, warm up, réchauffer, chauffer, échauffer, exciterFrench
- clíth, adhall, teas, eachmairt, reithíocht, dáir, catachasIrish
- teasaichScottish Gaelic
- calor, quentarGalician
- גל חום, חום, טמפרטורה, פיקנטיות, הלהיט, חימם, הדליקHebrew
- गरमीHindi
- tüzelés, hő, meleg, hőségHungarian
- ջերմություն, տապ, տաքություն, շոգArmenian
- calore, madama, pressione, caldo, foga, infornata, eliminatoria, colata, fervore, batteria, estro, pula, calura, impeto, scaldare, eccitare, riscaldareItalian
- חוֹםHebrew
- 熱, 暑いJapanese
- გემიGeorgian
- calor, oestrusLatin
- HëtztLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- šiluma, kaitra, ruja, karštis, šildyti, kaitintiLithuanian
- siltums, tveice, karstums, svelme, meklēšanās, sildītLatvian
- whiringa, mahana, whakamahana, whakataoMāori
- bahang, kepanasan, habaMalay
- hitte, tochtig, loops, broeds, krols, pikantheid, warmte, opwarmen, verhitten, heet worden, opwinden, verwarmenDutch
- hetetokt, varme, brunst, tenne, varme opp, opphisseNorwegian
- calorOccitan
- nagonka, afekt, ruja, klamka, gorąco, ciepło, rozgrzewka, żar, upał, psy, ferwor, cieczka, gnat, pikantność, spluwa, podniecić, podniecać, ogrzać, ogrzewać, podgrzewać, grzać, rozgrzać, rozgrzewać, podgrzaćPolish
- تودوخيPashto, Pushto
- pressão, picância, calor, eliminatória, cio, estro, bófia, fervor, esquentar, excitar, aquecerPortuguese
- ruphayQuechua
- calira, caleira, chalurRomansh
- căldură, rutRomanian
- жара́, тепло́, нака́л, острота́, нагре́в, пыл, теплота́, зной, те́чка, разогревать, возбуждать, нагревать, разогреть, нагреть, греть, возбудить, теплоRussian
- calori, caloreSardinian
- toplinaSerbo-Croatian
- skupinaSlovene
- nxehtësiAlbanian
- hetta, värme, heat, löptid, värmeenergi, brunst, styrka, värmebölja, temperatur, runda, upphetsa, egga, tända, värmaSwedish
- தகுதிச்சுற்றுTamil
- కారము పుట్టుట, విద్యుత్చక్తి, ఉద్రేకమ, వేడిTelugu
- теплоUkrainian
- آنچ, گرمی, تپشUrdu
- hit, hitükönVolapük
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