Heat (disambiguation)

Heat (disambiguation)

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

In film:
*"Heat" (film), 1995 crime film by Michael Mann, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer
*"Heat" (1986 film), 1986 film starring Burt Reynolds
*"Heat" (1972 film), 1972 film starring Sylvia Miles and Joe Dallesandro

In sports:
*Heat Wave, ECW PPV
*Guildford Heat, a British Basketball League Team
*Heat (professional wrestling), applause or booing given by fans to a professional wrestler
*Laredo Heat a United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League soccer team
*Miami Heat, a National Basketball Association team
*WWE Heat, a professional wrestling television program

*Heat, in baseball, a colloquialism for a fastball
*Heats, the qualifying stages of a sporting competition

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

ee also

* Hīt, Iraq (pronounced "Heat")


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