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Originally Posted by PolarisINDY500
i wasnt trying to dumb up a thread...just trying to get a GOOD explanation of what someone was saying. but that didnt happen.
ive taken physics, but never thermodynamics...sorry if im behind the 8 ball.
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i saw it on the discovery channel and thats how they explained it.
hot
ADJECTIVE:
hotˇter , hotˇtest
1.
1. Having or giving off heat; capable of burning.
2. Being at a high temperature.
2. Being at or exhibiting a temperature that is higher than normal or desirable: a hot forehead.
3. Causing a burning sensation, as in the mouth; spicy: hot peppers; a hot curry.
4.
1. Charged or energized with electricity: a hot wire.
2. Radioactive, especially to a dangerous degree.
5.
1. Marked by intensity of emotion; ardent or fiery: a hot temper.
2. Having or displaying great enthusiasm; eager: hot for travel.
6.
1. Informal Arousing intense interest, excitement, or controversy: a hot new book; a hot topic.
2. Informal Marked by excited activity or energy: a hot week on the stock market.
3. Violent; raging: a hot battle.
7. Slang Sexually excited or exciting.
8. Slang
1. Recently stolen: a hot car.
2. Wanted by the police: a hot suspect.
9. Close to a successful solution or conclusion: hot on the trail.
10. Informal
1. Most recent; new or fresh: a hot news item; the hot fashions for fall.
2. Currently very popular or successful: one of the hottest young talents around.
3. Requiring immediate action or attention: a hot opportunity.
11. Slang Very good or impressive. Often used in the negative: I'm not so hot at math.
12. Slang Funny or absurd: told a hot one about the neighbors' dog.
13. Slang
1. Performing with great skill and daring: a hot drummer.
2. Having or characterized by repeated successes: a player who is on a hot streak.
3. Fast and responsive: a hot sports car.
4. Unusually lucky: hot at craps.
14. Music Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation: hot jazz.
15. Bold and bright.
NOUN:
hots (hts) KEY
Slang Strong sexual attraction or desire. Used with the.
ADVERB:
1. In a hot manner; hotly.
2. While hot: foods that are best eaten hot.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
hotˇted , hotˇting , hots
Informal To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up: "His book is an exercise in the fashionable art of instant history, in which every episode is hotted up with an anecdote" (Harper's).
IDIOMS:
hot and bothered Informal
In a state of agitated excitement; flustered: all hot and bothered before the opening performance.
hot and heavy
1. Informal Passionate or intense: Interest in the new stock was hot and heavy.
2. Characterized by or engaging in amorous or sexual activity.
hot to trot Slang
1. Sexually avid; lascivious.
2. Ready and willing; eager.
hot under the collar Informal
Angry.
make it hot for Slang
To make things uncomfortable or dangerous for: Don't make it hot for yourself by needlessly finding fault.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English ht; see kai- in Indo-European roots
heat audio (ht) KEY
NOUN:
Physics
1.
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.
2. The sensation or perception of such energy as warmth or hotness.
3. An abnormally high bodily temperature, as from a fever.
4.
1. The condition of being hot.
2. A degree of warmth or hotness: The burner was on low heat.
5.
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.
6. A hot season; a spell of hot weather.
7.
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.
8. Estrus.
9. One of a series of efforts or attempts.
10.
1. Sports & Games One round of several in a competition, such as a race.
2. A preliminary contest held to determine finalists.
11. Informal Pressure; stress.
12. Slang
1. An intensification of police activity in pursuing criminals.
2. The police. Used with the.
13. Slang Adverse comments or hostile criticism: Heat from the press forced the senator to resign.
14. Slang A firearm, especially a pistol.
VERB:
heatˇed , heatˇing , heats
VERB:
tr.
1. To make warm or hot.
2. To excite the feelings of; inflame.
3. To increase the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).
VERB:
intr.
1. To become warm or hot.
2. To become excited emotionally or intellectually.
PHRASAL VERB:
heat up Informal
To become acute or intense: "If inflation heats up, interest rates could increase" (Christian Science Monitor).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English hete, from Old English htu; see kai- in Indo-European roots
cold audio (kld) KEY
ADJECTIVE:
coldˇer , coldˇest
1.
1. Having a low temperature.
2. Having a temperature lower than normal body temperature.
3. Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled.
2.
1. Marked by deficient heat: a cold room.
2. Being at a temperature that is less than what is required: cold oatmeal.
3. Chilled by refrigeration or ice: cold beer.
3. Lacking emotion; objective: cold logic.
4. Having no appeal to the senses or feelings: a cold decor.
5.
1. Not affectionate or friendly; aloof: a cold person; a cold nod.
2. Exhibiting or feeling no enthusiasm: a cold audience; a cold response to the new play; a concert that left me cold.
3. Devoid of sexual desire; frigid.
6. Designating a tone or color, such as pale gray, that suggests little warmth.
7. Having lost all freshness or vividness through passage of time: dogs attempting to catch a cold scent.
8.
1. Marked by or sustaining a loss of body heat: cold hands and feet.
2. Appearing to be dead; unconscious.
3. Dead: was cold in his grave.
9. Marked by unqualified certainty or sure familiarity.
10. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable: cold fury.
11. Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity: The team fell into a slump of cold shooting.
ADVERB:
1. To an unqualified degree; totally: was cold sober.
2. With complete finality: We turned him down cold.
3. Without advance preparation or introduction: took the exam cold and passed; walked in cold and got the new job.
NOUN:
1.
1. Relative lack of warmth.
2. The sensation resulting from lack of warmth; chill.
2. A condition of low air temperature; cold weather: went out into the cold and got a chill.
3. A viral infection characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the upper respiratory passages and usually accompanied by malaise, fever, chills, coughing, and sneezing. Also called common cold , coryza .
IDIOM:
out in the cold
Lacking benefits given to others; neglected.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English ceald; see gel- in Indo-European roots
OTHER FORMS:
coldly (Adverb), coldness (Noun)
SYNONYMS:
cold , arctic , chilly , cool , frigid , frosty , gelid , glacial , icy
These adjectives mean marked by a low or an extremely low temperature: cold air; an arctic climate; a chilly day; cool water; a frigid room; a frosty morning; gelid seas; glacial winds; icy hands.
Antonym: hot
Thesaurus: synonyms for cold
so the conclusion is hot is heat and no heat is cold
