Heat (disambiguation)

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Heat is energy in transfer to or from a thermodynamic system by mechanisms other than thermodynamic work or transfer of matter.

Heat or HEAT may also refer to:

• Heat wave, a period of excessively hot weather
• HEAT repeat, a solenoid protein domain found in a number of cytoplasmic proteins
• Heat, in metallurgy, one batch of molten metal processed in a converter or open hearth furnace
  • In forging, one cycle of heating material and working it before returning it to a heat source
• High Elevation Auger Telescope, at the Pierre Auger Observatory, Argentina

• Fever, a body temperature above the normal range in response to internal physiological conditions
• Heat illness, a spectrum of disorders due to environmental exposure to heat:
  • Heat cramps, muscle spasms that result from loss of large amount of salt and water through exercise
  • Heat edema, swelling of the hands and/or feet due to over-expansion of the blood vessels in the extremities in response to heat
  • Heat exhaustion, caused by the loss of water and electrolytes through sweating
  • Heat rash, skin irritations caused by excessive sweating or blocked sweat glands
  • Heat stroke, with a body temperature greater than 40.6 °C (105.1 °F)
  • Heat syncope, fainting or dizziness as a result of overheating
  • Heat tetany, cramps and seizures caused by calcium and/or magnesium loss due to excessive sweating in short periods of stress in high heat
• Hyperthermia, elevated body temperature due to failed thermoregulation that occurs when a body produces or absorbs more heat than it dissipates
  • Malignant hyperthermia, a type of severe reaction that may occur to susceptible patients during general anesthesia
• Hot flash or hot flush, a feeling of heat, with sweating and increased heart rate, usually experienced by menopausal women due to low estradiol

• HEAT (software), help desk software by FrontRange Solutions
• Highly Evasive Adaptive Threat, cybersecurity attack type
• OpenStack Heat, the orchestration component of the OpenStack infrastructure-as-a-service software platform

• Need for Speed: Heat

• Heat (1963 film), a Soviet drama film directed by Larisa Shepitko
• 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
• Natural Justice: Heat (1996), an Australian television film, sometimes referred to as Heat, 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

• 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 2006 book on climate change by George Monbiot
• Heat, a 2006 book on cooking and food by Bill Buford
• Heat & Other Stories, a 1991 collection by Joyce Carol Oates
• Heat, a 1994 novel by Stuart Woods
• Heat (manga), a 1999 manga written by Yoshiyuki Okamura

• Heat, a character in the Bust a Groove and Bust a Groove 2 video games
• Heat, a protagonist in the Digital Devil Saga video game series

• H.E.A.T (band), a Swedish rock band

• 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

• Heat (Beyoncé EP), 2011
• Heat ((G)I-dle EP), 2023
• Heat (SG Lewis and Tove Lo EP), 2024
• Heat EP: All Pain Is Beat by Combichrist, 2009

• "Heat" (50 Cent song)
• "Heat" (Brockhampton song)
• "Heat" (Chris Brown song)
• "Heat" (Kelly Clarkson song)
• "Heat" (Kim Hyun-joong song)
• "Heat", a song by David Bowie from The Next Day
• "Heat", a song by Eminem from Revival
• "Heat", a song by Loona from + +
• "Heat", a song by SG Lewis and Tove Lo from Heat (SG Lewis and Tove Lo EP)
• "HEAT", a song by Tigers Jaw from Tigers Jaw

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

• Heat (TV channel), a British television channel
• Heat (Irish TV series), an Irish prime time reality television series broadcast on RTÉ One
• Heat (2023 TV series), an upcoming action-thriller television series
• "Heat" (Dark Angel), an episode of the television series Dark Angel

• Pungency or piquantness ("Heat" or "hotness"), the spiciness of foods such as black pepper, chili peppers, garlic and onions, ginger, mustard, and horseradish
• Heat, the traditional and most common means of cooking food
• Heat, applied post-preparation to food with a heat lamp, to prevent the growth of microorganisms before the food is consumed

• EADS Mako/HEAT (High Energy Advanced Trainer)
• Firearm (slang: heat), usually a pistol
• High-explosive anti-tank, a warhead with a shaped charge
• Heat, slang for police surveillance or attention

• Heat, a preliminary race or match in a sports tournament
• Fastball (colloquialism: heat), in baseball

• Heat (professional wrestling), applause or booing given by fans to a professional wrestler
• ECW Heat Wave, a professional wrestling pay-per-view event
• WWE Heat, a professional wrestling television program
• Heat (wrestler), ring name of Japanese professional wrestler Minoru Tanaka

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

• Guildford Heat, a British Basketball League team
• Kurasini Heat, a Tanzanian basketball team
• Miami Heat, a National Basketball Association team
• Saigon Heat, a Vietnamese team

• Heat (perfume), or Beyoncé Heat, a women's cologne endorsed by singer Beyoncé Knowles
• Heat, one of the eight principles in Chinese medicine

• Thermoception, the sensation and perception of temperature or temperature differences
• Heat flux, a flow of energy per unit of area per unit of time
• Calorie (Latin: calor: heat), the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a quantity of water by one degree Celsius
• Geothermal energy
• Geothermal power
• In heat or on heat, a period of increased sexual drive in the estrous cycle of mammals
• Heat pump
• Hīt, Iraq (pronounced "heat")
• Renewable heat
• The Heat (disambiguation)
• Hot (disambiguation)
• Temperature (disambiguation)

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