excessive heat
31heat shield — Aerospace. a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry. [1955 60] * * * …
32heat sink — noun a device or substance for absorbing excessive or unwanted heat …
33heat cramp — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather. [1935 40] * * * heat cramp, muscle cramp accompanied by pain and nausea, caused by loss of salt and water through excessive perspiration …
34heat stroke — fever or collapse caused by excessive exposure to high temperature …
35heat rigor — noun : rigor of living tissue caused by exposure to excessive but not immediately lethal temperatures …
36Urban heat island — An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas. The temperature difference usually is larger at night than during the day and larger in winter than in summer, and is most apparent… …
372009 Pacific Northwest heat wave — The 2009 Pacific Northwest heat wave was a heat wave which affected the Pacific Northwest region in Oregon and Washington west of the Cascade Mountains in late July, and is well known for setting many new heat records across the area, especially… …
38Animal heat — Heat Heat (h[=e]t), n. [OE. hete, h[ae]te, AS. h[=ae]tu, h[=ae]to, fr. h[=a]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See {Hot}.] 1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion… …
39Atomic heat — Heat Heat (h[=e]t), n. [OE. hete, h[ae]te, AS. h[=ae]tu, h[=ae]to, fr. h[=a]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See {Hot}.] 1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion… …
40Blood heat — Heat Heat (h[=e]t), n. [OE. hete, h[ae]te, AS. h[=ae]tu, h[=ae]to, fr. h[=a]t hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See {Hot}.] 1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion… …
