The heating of an electrical conductor by eddy currents induced by a varying magnetic field.

To encounter an uncomfortable situation.

A shimmering atmospheric disturbance caused by currents of warm air between the observer and the object observed.

(thermodynamics) Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.

(physics) The state of a thermodynamic system having reached a maximum entropy; temperature is uniform throughout, and no energy is available to do work.

(physics) The capability of a system to absorb heat energy; the amount of thermal energy required to raise the temperature of a system by one temperature unit without any change of phase.

(physics) the heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of phase

Heating of rooms within buildings.

(transitive) To enclose (something) in plastic wrapping and make an airtight seal by applying heat to fuse the edges of the wrapping together.

The heating of an electrically insulating material by a rapidly fluctuating electric field