heatspot
heatspot noun: a spot that is hotter than the surrounding area.
Noun
heatspot (plural heatspots)
- A spot that is hotter than the surrounding area.
- Just then another sensor pinged; a heatspot on the exterior hull, not far from the stasis switch. Not very hot, only enough to vaporize iron, but it might be a guide beam for some weapon that would penetrate shipmetal.1990, Larry Niven, Man-Kzin Wars III
- As pointed out by Faubel and Ali (1986), the use of undiluted APM in a column mode is difficult because of the microcrystalline structure of the material and because of the potential need to provide a cooling system to prevent heatspots from the radiolytic heat generation.2012, E. P. Horwitz, W. W. Schulz, Chemical Pretreatment of Nuclear Waste for Disposal, page 187
heatspot meaning in Tamil
heatspot in Tamil
- வேனிற் கொப்புளம்
Forms of heatspot
| plural | heatspots |
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Origin of heatspot
From heat + spot.
Questions about heatspot
- What does heatspot mean?
- Heatspot means a spot that is hotter than the surrounding area.
- What is heatspot in Tamil?
- Heatspot in Tamil is வேனிற் கொப்புளம். See Heatspot meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is heatspot?
- Heatspot is a noun.
- What is the plural of heatspot?
- The plural of heatspot is heatspots.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: heatspot (page history and authors); heatspot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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