Heat (disambiguation)

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Heat, in physics, is a fundamental thermodynamic process in which an amount of energy flows spontaneously from hotter (higher-temperature) to colder objects.

Heat may also refer to:

Physics

  • Thermal energy, sometimes described as heat content, a concept often confused with the fundamental thermodynamic heat.

Literature

Film and television

Sports

  • Heat, a preliminary race or match in a tournament
  • Abbotsford Heat, ice hockey team that plays in the AHL
  • ECW Heat Wave, ECW PPV
  • Guildford Heat, a British Basketball League Team
  • Heat (professional wrestling), applause or booing given by fans to a professional wrestler
  • Laredo Heat a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League soccer team
  • Miami Heat, a National Basketball Association team
  • WWE Heat, a professional wrestling television program
  • Heat, in baseball, a colloquialism for a fastball
  • Heat (wrestler), ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Minoru Tanaka

Music

Other

  • Heat, in the biological estrous cycle, a period of increased sexual drive
  • High Explosive Anti-Tank, in military technology, a shell with a shaped charge
  • Pungency, the hotness or spiciness of foods such as pepper, garlic and chili peppers
    • Scoville Heat Unit, a unit of measurement used to determine the strength of chili pepper
  • HEAT (software), a help desk software package by FrontRange Solutions
  • Heat (perfume), a perfume endorsed by American singer Beyoncé Knowles
  • Heat, in slang, a firearm, usually a pistol
  • Heat, in slang, police surveillance or attention
  • Heat, a protagonist in the Digital Devil Saga video-game series
  • A Cantonese food classification
  • Heat, an east-coast hip-hop breakdancer in the Bust a Groove and Bust a Groove 2 video-games
  • HEAT, High Elevation Auger Telescope used at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina

See also

  • The Heat (disambiguation)
  • Hīt, Iraq (pronounced "Heat")
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