单词 | heat barriers |
释义 | heat /hēt/noun
To become hot ORIGIN: OE hǣtu heat; hāt hot; Ger Hitze heatˈed adjective
heatˈer noun
heatˈing noun and adjective heat apoplexy noun Sunstroke heat barrier noun Difficulties caused by a thin envelope of hot air which develops round aircraft at high speeds and causes structural and other problems heat capacity same as thermal capacity (see under thermal). heat death noun The final state of the universe (if it is a closed system) predicted by the Second Law of Thermodynamics, in which heat and energy are uniformly distributed throughout the substance of the universe heat engine noun An engine that transforms heat into mechanical work heatˈer-shield noun A triangular shield, like the heated plate of an iron heat exchanger noun A device for transferring heat from one fluid to another without allowing contact between them heat exhaustion noun A condition caused by exposure to intense heat, characterized by dizziness, fatigue and abdominal pain heatˈproof adjective Resistant to or able to withstand heat heat pump noun A device (on the refrigerator principle) for drawing heat from water, air, or the earth, and giving it out to warm, eg a room heatˈ-resistant adjective heatˈ-seeking adjective (of a missile) able to detect heat emitted by its target and home in on this heat shield noun An object or substance designed to protect against excessive heat, esp that which protects a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere heat sink noun Something into which unwanted heat can be directed heatˈspot noun
heatˈstroke noun
heat treatment noun
heatˈwave noun
heat of formation (chem) The net quantity of heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements in their standard states in heat or on heat (of a female animal) ready to mate in the heat of the moment While subject to passion and without pausing to think latent heat The heat required to change solid to liquid, or liquid to gas, without change of temperature mechanical equivalent of heat The energy required to produce one heat unit specific heat see under specify take the heat out of To lessen the vehemence, intensity of emotion, or acrimony of (a situation, etc) turn on the heat (informal) To use brutal treatment, mental or physical, esp in order to coerce |
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