heat : Idioms & Phrases


Animal heat

  • (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature.
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Animal heat, Blood heat, Capacity for heat

  • etc. See under Animal, Blood, etc.
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Atomic heat

  • (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant, the mean value being 6.4.
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Blood heat

  • noun temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
    body temperature.
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  • heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98½ ° Fahr.
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Capacity for heat

  • the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, whzt is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat.
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central heating

  • noun a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators
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Dead heat

  • noun a tie in a race
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  • a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal, so that neither wins.
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dielectric heating

  • noun heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field
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Dynamical theory of heat

  • that theory of heat which assumes it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar motion of the ultimate particles of matter.
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Efficiency of a heat engine

  • the ratio of the work done an engine, to the work due to the heat supplied to it.
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flat-heated

Flat"-heat`ed adjective
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  1. Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.
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gas heat

  • noun heating system that burns natural gas
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heat barrier

  • noun a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
    thermal barrier.
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heat content

  • noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
    H; heat content; enthalpy.
    • enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work
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heat dissipation

  • noun dissipation of heat
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heat energy

  • noun a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
    heat.
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Heat engine

  • noun any engine that makes use of heat to do work
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  • any apparatus by which a heated substance, as a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine.
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heat exchanger

  • noun device that transfers heat from one liquid to another without allowing them to mix
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heat exhaustion

  • noun a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
    heat exhaustion.
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heat flash

  • noun a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion)
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heat hyperpyrexia

  • noun collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat
    heatstroke.
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heat lamp

  • noun electric heater consisting of a high-power incandescent lamp that emits infrared radiation
    infrared lamp.
    • the bathroom could be warmed by an infrared lamp
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heat lightning

  • noun bright flashes of light near the horizon without thunder (especially on hot evenings); usually attributed to distant lightning that is reflected by clouds
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heat of condensation

  • noun heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid
    • the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization
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heat of dissociation

  • noun the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents
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heat of formation

  • noun the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements
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heat of fusion

  • noun heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature
    • the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification
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heat of solidification

  • noun heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies
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heat of solution

  • noun the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent
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heat of sublimation

  • noun heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state
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heat of transformation

  • noun heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
    heat of transformation.
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heat of vaporisation

  • noun heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature
    heat of vaporisation.
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heat of vaporization

  • noun heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature
    heat of vaporisation.
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Heat producers

  • . (Physiol.) See under Food.
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heat prostration

  • noun a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes
    heat exhaustion.
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heat pump

  • noun apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings; can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building
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heat rash

  • noun obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
    heat rash; miliaria.
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heat ray

  • noun a ray that produces a thermal effect
    heat ray.
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Heat rays

  • noun a ray that produces a thermal effect
    heat ray.
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  • a term formerly applied to the rays near the red end of the spectrum, whether within or beyond the visible spectrum.
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heat shield

  • noun a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry
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heat sink

  • noun a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat
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heat unit

  • noun a unit of measurement for work
    work unit; energy unit.
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heat up

  • verb gain heat or get hot
    heat; hot up.
    • The room heated up quickly
  • verb make hot or hotter
    heat.
    • the sun heats the oceans
    • heat the water on the stove
  • verb make more intense
    screw up; hot up.
    • Emotions were screwed up
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heat wave

  • noun a wave of unusually hot weather
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Heat weight

  • (Mech.), the product of any quantity of heat by the mechanical equivalent of heat divided by the absolute temperature; called also thermodynamic function, and entropy.
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heat-absorbing

  • adjective (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat
    endothermic; endothermal.
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heat-releasing

  • adjective (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with the liberation of heat
    exothermic; exothermal.
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heat-seeking missile

  • noun a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
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heated up

  • adjective satellite made warm or hot (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated')
    het; het up; heated.
    • a heated swimming pool
    • wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana
    • he was all het up and sweaty
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heating element

  • noun the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat
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heating oil

  • noun a petroleum product used for fuel
    fuel oil.
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heating pad

  • noun heater consisting of electrical heating elements contained in a flexible pad
    hot pad.
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heating plant

  • noun utility to warm a building
    heat; heating plant; heating.
    • the heating system wasn't working
    • they have radiant heating
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heating system

  • noun utility to warm a building
    heat; heating plant; heating.
    • the heating system wasn't working
    • they have radiant heating
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induction heating

  • noun the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it
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kinetic theory of heat

  • noun a theory that the temperature of a body increases when kinetic energy increases
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Latent heat

  • noun heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
    heat of transformation.
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  • (Physics), that quantity of heat which disappears or becomes concealed in a body while producing some change in it other than rise of temperature, as fusion, evaporation, or expansion, the quantity being constant for each particular body and for each species of change.
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Mechanical equivalent of heat

  • (Physics), the number of units of work which the unit of heat can perform; the mechanical energy which must be expended to raise the temperature of a unit weight of water from 0° C. to 1° C., or from 32° F. to 33° F. The term was introduced by Dr. Mayer of Heilbronn. Its value was found by Joule to be 1390 foot pounds upon the Centigrade, or 772 foot pounds upon the Fahrenheit, thermometric scale, whence it is often called Joule's equivalent, and represented by the symbol J. This is equal to 424 kilogram meters (Centigrade scale). A more recent determination by Professor Rowland gives the value 426.9 kilogram meters, for the latitude of Baltimore.
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panel heating

  • noun heating system consisting of wall or floor or baseboard or ceiling panels containing electric conductors or heating pipes
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Prickly heat

  • noun obstruction of the sweat ducts during high heat and humidity
    heat rash; miliaria.
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  • (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather.
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Radiant heat

  • proceeding in right lines, or directly from the heated body, after the manner of light, in distinction from heat conducted or carried by intervening media.
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radiant heating

  • noun heating a building by radiation from panels containing hot water or electrical heaters
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red heat

  • noun the heat or the color of fire
    fieriness.
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Specific heat

  • noun the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade
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  • (Physics), the quantity of heat required to raise temperature of a body one degree, taking as the unit of measure the quantity required to raise the same weight of water from zero to one degree; thus, the specific heat of mercury is 0.033, that of water being 1.000.
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Specific heat of a substance

  • (at any temperature), the number of units of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the substance at that temperature one degree.
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steam heat

  • noun a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators
    steam heat.
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steam heating

  • noun a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators
    steam heat.
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steam-heat

  • verb heat by means of steam
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total heat

  • noun (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity equal to the internal energy of a system plus the product of its volume and pressure
    H; heat content; enthalpy.
    • enthalpy is the amount of energy in a system capable of doing mechanical work
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turn up the heat

  • verb apply great or increased pressure
    turn up the pressure.
    • The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election
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Unit of heat

  • (Physics), a determinate quantity of heat adopted as a unit of measure; a thermal unit (see under Thermal). Water is the substance generally employed, the unit being one gram or one pound, and the temperature interval one degree of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit scale. When referred to the gram, it is called the gram degree. The British unit of heat, or thermal unit, used by engineers in England and in the United States, is the quantity of heat necessary to raise one pound of pure water at and near its temperature of greatest density (39.1° Fahr.) through one degree of the Fahrenheit scale. Rankine.
  • the quantity of heat required to raise, by one degree, the temperature of a unit mass of water, initially at a certain standard temperature. The temperature usually employed is that of 0° Centigrade, or 32° Fahrenheit.
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White heat

  • noun the hotness of something heated until it turns white
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  • the temperature at which bodies become incandescent, and appear white from the bright light which they emit.
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