Noun

(uncountable) Thermal energy.

* 2007 , James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Aaron Todd, An Introduction to Physical Science: Twelfth Edition , pages 106–108:

Heat' and temperature, although different, are intimately related. [...] For example, suppose you added equal amounts of ' heat to equal masses of iron and aluminum. How do you think their temperatures would change?if the temperature of the iron increased by 100 C°, the corresponding temperature change in the aluminum would be only 48 C°.

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(uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.

(uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.

(uncountable) A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.

(uncountable) An undesirable amount of attention.

(uncountable, slang) The police.

(uncountable, slang) One or more firearms.

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(countable, baseball) A fastball.

(uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate.

(countable) A preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a final race

(countable) One cycle of bringing metal to maximum temperature and working it until it is too cool to work further.

(countable) A hot spell.

(uncountable) Heating system; a system that raises the temperature of a room or building.

(uncountable) The output of a heating system.

Noun

(en noun)

A building for worship.

The temple of Zeus was very large.

(often, capitalized) The Jewish temple of Jerusalem, first built by Solomon.

Something regarded as holding religious presence.

Something of importance; something attended to.

My body is my temple.

(obsolete) A body.

* 1602 , (William Shakespeare), , act 1, scene 3, lines 11–14:

For nature crescent does not grow alone

In thews and bulks, but as this temple waxes,

The inward service of the mind and soul

Grows wide withal.

Hands held together with forefingers outstretched and touching pad to pad, with the rest of the fingers clasped.

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Noun

(en noun)

(anatomy) The slightly flatter region, on either side of the head, back of the eye and forehead, above the zygomatic arch and in front of the ear.

(ophthalmology) Either of the sidepieces on a set of spectacles, extending backwards from the hinge toward the ears and, usually, turning down around them.

Noun

(en noun)

(weaving) A contrivance used in a loom for keeping the web stretched transversely.