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heat island

heat island noun: any area, populated or not, which is consistently hotter than the surrounding area. Also the ellipsis of urban heat island.

Noun

heat island (plural heat islands)

  1. Any area, populated or not, which is consistently hotter than the surrounding area.
    • Currently, no plans for panel installation in Sinsing District, where the urban heat island effect can be better alleviated through greening facility construction, have been made.2021, Chien-Chiao Chao et al., “Application of a High-Density Temperature Measurement System for the Management of the Kaohsiung House Project”, in Sustainability, volume 13, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN...

Also used as

heat island is also the ellipsis of urban heat island.

Forms of heat island

pluralheat islands

Words formed from heat island

  • urban heat island

Questions about heat island

What does heat island mean?
Heat island means any area, populated or not, which is consistently hotter than the surrounding area.
What part of speech is heat island?
Heat island is a noun.
What is the plural of heat island?
The plural of heat island is heat islands.

Words near heat island in the dictionary

  1. heat index
  2. heat indexes
  3. heat indices
  4. heat intolerance
  5. heat intolerances
  6. heat island
  7. heat islands
  8. heat labile
  9. heat lamp
  10. heat lamps
  11. heat lightning

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