Heat_(disambiguation)

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Heat, in physics, is energy which is spontaneously flowing from an object with a high temperature to an object with a lower temperature.

Heat can also refer to:

In physics:

• Thermal energy, the sum of a body\'s latent and sensible forms of energy (sometimes confused with "heat")
• Heating, the act of increasing temperature

Publications:

• Heat (magazine), a British magazine
• Heat (manga), a manga written by Yoshiyuki Okamura
• Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning, a book by George Monbiot
• Heat (book), a book by Mike Lupica

In film:

• Heat (film), 1995 film by Michael Mann, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro
• Heat (1986 film), 1986 film starring Burt Reynolds
• Heat (1972 film), 1972 film starring Sylvia Miles and Joe Dallesandro

In sports:

• Heat (racing), a preliminary race, used to determine the participants in a later race
• Miami Heat, a National Basketball Association team
• Guildford Heat, a British Basketball League Team
• Heat (professional wrestling), applause or booing given by fans to a professional wrestler
• WWE Heat, a professional wrestling television program
• Heat, in baseball, a colloquialism for a fastball

In music:

• Heat (band), a Christian band from Salford, United Kingdom
• "Heat" (song), a song by rapper 50 Cent

Other:

• Heat, in the biological estrous cycle, a period of increased sexual drive
• High Explosive Anti-Tank, in military technology, a shell with a shaped charge
• Pungency, the hotness or spiciness of foods such as pepper, garlic and chili peppers
  • Scoville Heat Unit, a unit of measurement used to determine the strength of chili pepper
• Heat (software), a help desk software package by FrontRange Solutions
• Heat, in slang, a firearm, usually a pistol
• Heat, in slang, police surveillance or attention
• Heat, a protagonist in the Digital Devil Saga video-game series
• A Cantonese food classification

See also

• Hīt, Iraq (pronounced "Heat")

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