Heat transfer — is a discipline of thermal engineering that concerns the exchange of thermal energy from one physical system to another. Heat transfer is classified into various mechanisms, such as heat conduction, convection, thermal radiation, and phase change … Wikipedia
Heat pollution — (atmospheric) is a term used to describe the release of heat into the environment by human activities. [citeweb|title=Air Pollution the Urban Heat Island|url=http://iri.columbia.edu/ bhoch/bergen/pdf/lec14notes.pdf|publisher= The Earth Institute… … Wikipedia
Heat rub — is the name for a variety of products intended to relieve the pain of fibrositis, lumbago and muscular aches and strains. They are so named because they produce a feeling of warmth within the muscle of the area they are applied to.Heat rubs are… … Wikipedia
Heat — (h[=e]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heating}.] [OE. heten, AS. h[=ae]tan, fr. h[=a]t hot. See {Hot}.] 1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heat sink — heat′ sink n. thr an environment or medium that absorbs excess heat, as in an electronic circuit • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
heat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 being hot/level of temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ burning, fierce (esp. BrE), great, intense, searing, terrible, tremendous ▪ The soil is baked dry by the fierce … Collocations dictionary
excess — in an insurance policy, excess clauses specify that the policyholder will be responsible for a portion of claims under certain conditions. Glossary of Business Terms The dollar amount by which the equity exceeds the margin requirements in a… … Financial and business terms
excess — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 too much of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ rhetorical, stylistic, verbal ▪ His statements cannot be simply dismissed as rhetorical excess. ▪ financial ▪ scan … Collocations dictionary
Heat engine — Thermodynamics … Wikipedia
Heat wave — A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. There is no universal definition of a heat wave;cite journal |last=Meehl |first=George A. |coauthors=Tebaldi, Claudia |title=More Intense,… … Wikipedia