excessive heat
111Fire-resistance rating — A fire resistance rating typically means the duration for which a passive fire protection system can withstand a standard fire resistance test. This can be quantified simply as a measure of time, or it may entail a host of other criteria,… …
112Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment — A Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment, or LCVG, is a form fitting garment worn by astronauts in order to maintain a comfortable core body temperature during extra vehicular activity. The LCVG accomplishes this task by circulating cool water… …
113automobile — automobilist /aw teuh meuh bee list, moh bi list/, n. /aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh meuh beel , aw teuh moh beel, beuhl/, n. 1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel… …
114Ablation — is defined as the removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. The term occurs in space physics associated with atmospheric reentry, in glaciology, medicine and passive fire… …
115Banya (sauna) — Depiction in the mid 1920s of a rural banya by Russian artist Boris Kustodiev: Russian Venus (armed with birch twigs) Banya (Russian: баня [ˈbanjə]) in Russian can refer to any kind of steam bath, but usually to the Russian type of sauna. In… …
116transistor — /tran zis teuhr/, n. 1. Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of current between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one of the terminals and a third: although much smaller in… …
117Male infertility — Classification and external resources ICD 10 N46 ICD 9 606 …
118Trichoptilosis — is the splitting of hairs at the ends, according to Dorland s Pocket Medical Dictionary. [Dorland s Medical Dictionary, Pocket edition, 21st edition, 1968.] Often referred to as split ends. Comes from the Greek root tricho meaning hair and… …
119fade — [c]/feɪd / (say fayd) verb (faded, fading) –verb (i) 1. to lose freshness, vigour, strength, or health: the flower faded. 2. to lose brightness or vividness, as light or colour. 3. (of radio signals) to lose strength due to interference phenomena …
120tipburn — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: tip (I) + burn : a disease of the potato, lettuce, and other cultivated plants characterized by burning or browning of the tips and margins of the leaflets and caused by loss of water due to excessive heat and sunshine… …
