Heat (disambiguation)

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Heat may refer to:

• as a technical term in thermodynamics, a spontaneous transfer of thermal energy, see Heat
• in non-technical parlance, thermal energy in general
• a preliminary race or match in a sports tournament
• in the biological estrous cycle, a period of increased sexual drive in animals
• heat (professional wrestling), applause or booing given by fans to a professional wrestler
• in baseball, a colloquialism for a fastball
• in slang, a firearm, usually a pistol
• in slang, police surveillance or attention
• pungency, the hotness or spiciness of foods such as pepper, garlic and chili peppers
• Heat wave,natural disaster meet in desert

As a proper name, Heat or HEAT may also refer to:

Medical conditions

• Fever, also known as pyrexia and febrile response, is defined as having a temperature above the normal range due to an increase in the body's temperature set-point.
• Hyperthermia is elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation that occurs when a body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates. Extreme temperature elevation then becomes a medical emergency requiring immediate treatment to prevent disability or death.
• Heat stroke, also known as sun stroke, is a severe heat illness, defined as hyperthermia with a body temperature greater than 40.6 °C (105.1 °F) because of environmental heat exposure with lack of thermoregulation. This is distinct from a fever, where there is a physiological increase in the temperature set point of the body.
• Malignant hyperthermia(MH) is a type of severe reaction that occurs to particular medications used during general anesthesia, among those who are susceptible. Symptoms include muscle rigidity, high fever, and a fast heart rate. Complications can include rhabdomyolysis and high blood potassium Most people who are susceptible are generally otherwise normal when not exposed.
• Hot flash (also known as hot flushes) are a form of flushing due to reduced levels of estradiol. Hot flashes are a symptom which may have several other causes, but which is often caused by the changing hormone levels that are characteristic of menopause. They are typically experienced as a feeling of intense heat with sweating and rapid heartbeat, and may typically last from 2 to 30 minutes for each occurrence.

Film and television

Film (including television films)

• Heat (1972 film), an American drama film directed by Paul Morrissey, starring Sylvia Miles and Joe Dallesandro
• Heat (1986 film), an American action-thriller film directed by Dick Richards and Jerry Jameson, starring Burt Reynolds
• Heat (1995 film), an American crime drama directed by Michael Mann, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer
• Heat (1996 film), an Australian television film directed by Scott Hartford-Davis
• Heat (2006 film), a Russian comedy film directed Rezo Gigineishvili
• The Heat (film), a 2013 comedy film directed by Paul Feig, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy

Television episodes and series

• Heat (TV series), an Irish prime time reality television series broadcast on RTÉ One
• "Heat" (Dark Angel), an episode of the television series Dark Angel
• WWE Heat, a professional wrestling television program

Other

• Heat (TV channel), a British television channel

Literature

Books

• Heat, a 2006 book on climate change by George Monbiot
• Heat, a 2006 book on cooking and food by Bill Buford
• Heat (Buffy/Angel novel), a 2004 original novel based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel
• Heat (Goldman novel), a 1985 novel by William Goldman
• Heat (Lupica novel), a 2006 sports novel written by Mike Lupica
• Heat, a 1991 collection of short stories written by Joyce Carol Oates

Magazines

• Heat (magazine), a British magazine
• HEAT (magazine), an international Australian literary magazine

Other

• Heat (manga), a 1999 manga written by Yoshiyuki Okamura

Music

• H.E.A.T. (band), a Swedish rock band

Albums

• Heat (Colder album), 2005
• Heat (Jimmy Barnes album)
• Heat (Soul for Real album), 1999
• Heat (soundtrack), score for the 1995 film Heat
• The Heat (Toni Braxton album), 2000

EPs

• Heat (EP), by Beyoncé Knowles
• Heat EP: All Pain Is Beat, by Combichrist

Songs

• "Heat" (50 Cent song)
• "Heat" (Kim Hyun-joong song), a 2012 single by Kim Hyun-joong
• "Heat", a song by David Bowie from The Next Day

Sports

Teams

• Abbotsford Heat, an ice hockey team that plays in the AHL
• Brisbane Heat, a Big Bash cricket team
• Guildford Heat, a British Basketball League team
• Laredo Heat a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League soccer team
• Miami Heat, a National Basketball Association team

Other

• ECW Heat Wave, ECW PPV; a professional wrestling event
• Heat (wrestler), ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Minoru Tanaka
• WWE Heat, a professional wrestling television program

Video games

• Heat (video game), a game based on the 1995 film Heat
• Heat, a protagonist in the Digital Devil Saga video game series
• Heat, an east-coast hip-hop breakdancer in the Bust a Groove and Bust a Groove 2 video games

Other

• HEAT, acronym for the High Elevation Auger Telescope used at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina
• HEAT, acronym for the High-explosive anti-tank warhead, in military technology, a shell with a shaped charge
• Heat (perfume), a perfume endorsed by American singer Beyoncé Knowles
• OpenStack Heat, the orchestration component of the OpenStack infrastructure-as-a-service software platform
• HEAT (software), a help desk software package by FrontRange Solutions
• HEAT repeat domain, a solenoid protein domain found in a number of cytoplasmic proteins

See also

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