Sun vs Heat - What's the difference?
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The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary , Oxford University Press, 1998
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, title= (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
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Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
* Bible, Psalms lxxiv. 11
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(chiefly, literary) Sunrise or sunset.
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*:whilst many an hunger-starved poor creature pines in the street, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from sun' to ' sun , sick and ill, weary, full of pain and grief, is in great distress and sorrow of heart.
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To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
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To warm or dry in the sunshine.
To be exposed to the sun.
To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.
(uncountable) Thermal energy.
* 2007 , James Shipman, Jerry Wilson, Aaron Todd, An Introduction to Physical Science: Twelfth Edition , pages 106–108:
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, title= (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.
To cause an increase in temperature of an object or space; to cause something to become hot (often with "up").
To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
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To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
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To arouse, to excite (sexually).
As a noun heat is
(military) high explosive antitank: a munition using a high explosive shaped charge to breach armour.sun
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Alternative forms
* (sense) (capitalized) SunProper noun
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
Usage notes
* The Sun is traditionally regarded as masculine.Noun
(en noun)- Lambs that did frisk in the sun .
- For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
- I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.
Derived terms
* everything under the sun * sunbath * sunbathe * sunblock * sunburn * sun cream * sun cure * sun deck * sundial * sundown * sunflower * sunglass * sunglasses * sun god * sun hat * sun lamp * sunlight * sunly * sunny * sun protection factor * sunrise * sunscreen * sunset * sunshine * sun shower * sunspot * sunstead * sunstroke * suntan * sunup * sun visor * talk about everything under the sunVerb
(sunn)See also
* aphelion * helio- * parhelion * perihelion * solar * sunnExternal links
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) hete, from (etyl) .Noun
- 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°.
Geothermal Energy, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}
Derived terms
* heat capacity * heat death * heat engine * heat exchanger * heat lamp * heatproof * heat pump * heat rash * heat-resistant * heat-seeking * heat shield * heat sink * heatstroke * heat treatment * heatwave * in heat * on heatEtymology 2
From (etyl) heten, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- I'll heat up the water.
- Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood.
- A noble emulation heats your breast.
- The massage heated her up.
