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n. Physics

1. A form of energy associated with the motion of atoms or molecules and capable of being transmitted through solid and fluid media by conduction, through fluid media by convection, and through empty space by radiation.
2. The transfer of energy from one body to another as a result of a difference in temperature or a change in phase.
3. The condition of being hot.
4. A degree of warmth or hotness: The burner was on low heat.
5. The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy: The house was cheap to rent, but the heat was expensive.
6. A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building: The heat was on when we returned from work.
7. Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.
8. The most intense or active stage: the heat of battle.
9. A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.
10. Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
11. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
12. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
13. The police. Used with the.
The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.
An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.
1. The condition of being hot.
2. A degree of warmth or hotness: The burner was on low heat.
3. The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy: The house was cheap to rent, but the heat was expensive.
4. A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building: The heat was on when we returned from work.
5. Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.
6. The most intense or active stage: the heat of battle.
7. A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.
8. Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
9. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
10. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
11. The police. Used with the.
1. The warming of a room or building by a furnace or another source of energy: The house was cheap to rent, but the heat was expensive.
2. A furnace or other source of warmth in a room or building: The heat was on when we returned from work.
3. Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.
4. The most intense or active stage: the heat of battle.
5. A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.
6. Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
7. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
8. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
9. The police. Used with the.
A hot season; a spell of hot weather.
1. Intensity, as of passion, emotion, color, appearance, or effect.
2. The most intense or active stage: the heat of battle.
3. A burning sensation in the mouth produced by spicy flavoring in food.
4. Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
5. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
6. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
7. The police. Used with the.
Estrus.
One of a series of efforts or attempts.
1. Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
2. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
3. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
4. The police. Used with the.
Informal Pressure; stress.
Slang
1. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
2. The police. Used with the.
Slang Adverse comments or hostile criticism: Heat from the press forced the senator to resign.
Slang A firearm, especially a pistol.

v. heat·ed, heat·ing, heats

v. tr.

To make warm or hot.
To excite the feelings of; inflame.
To increase the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).

v. intr.

To become warm or hot.
To become excited emotionally or intellectually.

Phrasal Verb(s):
heat up Informal
To become acute or intense: "If inflation heats up, interest rates could increase" (Christian Science Monitor).

[Middle English hete, from Old English hǣtu; see kai- in Indo-European roots.]

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heating
noun
1.	the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature
2.	utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating" [syn: heating system]

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ˈheating noun

the system of heaters etc which heat a room, building etc
Example: We turn the heating off in the summer.

Arabic:	تَسْخين
Chinese (Simplified):	供热的
Chinese (Traditional):	供熱系統
Czech:	topení
Danish:	opvarmning
Dutch:	verwarming
Estonian:	küte
Finnish:	lämmitys
French:	chauffage
German:	die Heizung
Greek:	θέρμανση
Hungarian:	fűtés
Icelandic:	hitun
Indonesian:	pemanasan
Italian:	riscaldamento

Japanese:	暖房装置
Korean:	난방 (장치)
Latvian:	apkure
Lithuanian:	šildymas
Norwegian:	oppvarming
Polish:	ogrzewanie
Portuguese (Brazil):	aquecimento
Portuguese (Portugal):	aquecimento
Romanian:	(sistem de) încălzire
Russian:	отопление
Slovak:	kúrenie
Slovenian:	ogrevanje
Spanish:	calefacción
Swedish:	värme, uppvärmning
Turkish:	ısıtma sistemi

See also: heated, heater, heat, heat wave, in/on heat, "heating" in any language

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Heating

Heat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heated; p. pr. & vb. n. Heating.] [OE. heten, AS. h?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.

Heat me these irons hot. --Shak.

2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.

Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood. --Shak.

3. To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.

A noble emulation heats your breast. --Dryden.

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Heating

Heat"ing\, a. That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.

Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called also fire surface.

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Heating

Sur"face`\, n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf. Superficial.]

1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.

The bright surface of this ethereous mold. --Milton.

2. Hence, outward or external appearance.

Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. --V. Knox.

3. (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.

4. (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. --Stocqueler.

Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under Caustic, Heating, etc.

Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under Condensation, and Condenser.

Surface gauge (Mach.), an instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.

Surface grub (Zo["o]l.), the larva of the great yellow underwing moth (Triph[oe]na pronuba). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.

Surface plate (Mach.), a plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces.

Surface printing, printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines.

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