The heating of something at constant pressure.

(idiomatic) A period of exceptionally hot weather. / (US, weather broadcasting) Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.

(informal) To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.

Heating of rooms within buildings.

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

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

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

To encounter an uncomfortable situation.

(thermodynamics) An obsolete term for specific heat capacity.

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