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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.

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Heat or HEAT may also refer to:

Science and technology

• 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

Arts, entertainment and media

Food

• 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

Military and law enforcement

• 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

Sports

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

Other uses

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

See also

• 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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