Definitions for heat wave
heat wave

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1. heat wavenoun

   a wave of unusually hot weather

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1. heat wavenoun

   A period of exceptionally hot weather.

2. heat wavenoun

   Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

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1. Heat wave

   A heat wave, or heatwave, is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries. While definitions vary, a heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in the area and relative to normal temperatures for the season. Temperatures that people from a hotter climate consider normal can be called a heat wave in a cooler area if they are outside the normal climate pattern for that area.The term is applied both to hot weather variations and to extraordinary spells of hot weather which may occur only once a century. Severe heat waves have caused catastrophic crop failures, thousands of deaths from hyperthermia, increased risk of wildfires in areas with drought, and widespread power outages due to increased use of air conditioning. A heat wave is considered extreme weather, and poses danger to human health because heat and sunlight overwhelm the human body's cooling system. Heat waves can usually be detected using forecasting instruments so that a warning can be issued. According to the IPCC, heatwaves have become more frequent, and over land more intense, almost everywhere since the 1950s, due to climate change.Heatwaves often have complex effects on human economies, due to less productivity of workers, disruption of agricultural and industrial processes and damage to infrastructure not adapted for extreme heat. Recent projections suggest heatwaves alone will cause ~1% decrease of GDP to economies by mid 21st century.

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1. heat wave

   A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot and often humid weather, typically lasting from several days to weeks, which is significantly above the usual average temperature for a specific region and season. This weather extreme can negatively affect human health, agriculture, and other aspects of society.

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1. Heat wave

   A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. While definitions vary, a heat wave is measured relative to the usual weather in the area and relative to normal temperatures for the season. Temperatures that people from a hotter climate consider normal can be termed a heat wave in a cooler area if they are outside the normal climate pattern for that area. The term is applied both to routine weather variations and to extraordinary spells of heat which may occur only once a century. Severe heat waves have caused catastrophic crop failures, thousands of deaths from hyperthermia, and widespread power outages due to increased use of air conditioning.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heat wave in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heat wave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of heat wave in a Sentence

1. Naomi Boak:

   When we had that heat wave in July, we had zero salmon.

2. Julie Sullivan-Springhetti:

   The record breaking heat also broke records for calls for help. Emergency calls, visits to the emergency rooms, and calls for people and pets reached all-time highs, since the onset of the heat wave late last week, the BC Coroners Service has experienced a significant increase in deaths reported where it is suspected that extreme heat has been contributory.

3. Bob Oravec:

   This type of heat wave is typical for early summer, it's not astronomical.

4. Anwar Kazmi:

   We are urging people to bury their dead at the earliest in view of the current heat wave and poor power situation, we have not run out of capacity at the morgue, but buried 30 unclaimed bodies this morning to create more space.

5. Friederike Otto:

   Every year the chance of a record-breaking heat wave is higher than the year before.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heat wave
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heat_Wave
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_Wave
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=heat wave