heat wave
412001 Eastern North America heat wave — A rather cool and uneventful summer along the East Coast of the United States(with a more normal heat pattern occurring in the Midwest/Great Lakes regions) changed abruptly when a ridge of high pressure centered off the coast of South Carolina… …
422006 heat wave — may refer to: *2006 European heat wave (July) *2006 North American heat wave (July and August) …
432000 Southern United States heat wave — Aided by drought, a heat wave persisted in late Summer 2000 along the southern tier of the United States from July to early September of that year. Near the end of the period, daily, monthly, and even all time record high temperatures were broken …
441976 United Kingdom heat wave — The summer of 1976 was the hottest summer in the UK since records began. As well as the heat, Britain was in the middle of a severe drought.The temperature reached 80°F (26.7°C) every day between 22 June and 16 July. The truly remarkable heat… …
45Heat 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… …
46Heat (disambiguation) — Heat, in physics, is energy which is spontaneously flowing from an object with a high temperature to an object with a lower temperature.Heat can also refer to:In physics: *Thermal energy, the sum of a body s latent and sensible forms of energy… …
47wave — [wāv] vi. waved, waving [ME waven < OE wafian, akin to Ger waben, to fluctuate < IE * webh , to move to and fro, prob. identical with * webh , to WEAVE] 1. to move up and down or back and forth in a curving or undulating motion; swing, sway …
48wave — I n. moving ridge on the surface of water 1) a high, tall; mountainous wave 2) a tidal wave 3) waves break (on the rocks); crest upsurge 4) a crime wave physical disturbance that is transmitted in the propagation of sound or light 5) light;… …
49heat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. high temperature (see heat); passion, rage, vehemence; rut, mating period. See sex, excitement. Ant., cold. II Quality of warmth Nouns 1. heat, caloric; warmth, ardor, fervor, fervency; incalescence …
50wave — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting or as a signal (waved to me across the street). b tr. move (a hand etc.) in this way. 2 a intr. show a sinuous or sweeping motion as of a flag, tree, or a cornfield… …
