Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept Heating
More specialized WordNet synsets
- calefaction, incalescence
- the property of being warming
- heat flash
- a flash of intense heat (as released by an atomic explosion)
- dielectric heating
- heating of an insulator by a high-frequency electric field
- greenhouse effect
- warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
- heat of dissociation
- the heat required for a fluid substance to break up into simpler constituents
- heat of solution
- the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance is dissolved in a large volume of a solvent
- heat of formation
- the heat evolved or absorbed during the formation of one mole of a substance from its component elements
- latent heat
- heat absorbed or radiated during a change of phase at a constant temperature and pressure
- heat of fusion
- heat absorbed by a unit mass of a solid at its melting point in order to convert the solid into a liquid at the same temperature; "the heat of fusion is equal to the heat of solidification"
- heat of condensation
- heat liberated by a unit mass of gas at its boiling point as it condenses into a liquid; "the heat of condensation is equal to the heat of vaporization"
- heat of solidification
- heat liberated by a unit mass of liquid at its freezing point when it solidifies
- heat of sublimation
- heat absorbed by a unit mass of material when it changes from a solid to a gaseous state
- heat of vaporization, heat of vaporisation
- heat absorbed by a unit mass of a material at its boiling point in order to convert the material into a gas at the same temperature
- specific heat
- the heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance one degree centigrade
- intumescence, intumescency, swelling
- the swelling of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)
- brooding, incubation
- sitting on eggs so as to hatch them by the warmth of the body
- induction heating
- the heating of a conducting material caused by an electric current induced in it
- overheating
- excessive heating
- radiant heating
- heating a building by radiation from panels containing hot water or electrical heaters
- autoclave
- subject to the action of an autoclave
- pasteurize
- heat food in order to kill harmful microorganisms; "pasteurize milk"
- overheat
- get excessively and undesirably hot; "The car engines overheated"
- heat, heat up
- make hot or hotter; "heat the soup"
- soak
- heat a metal prior to working it
- preheat
- heat beforehand; "Preheat the oven!"
- overheat
- make excessively or undesirably hot; "The room was overheated"
- heat, hot up, heat up
- gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly"
- warm up
- become more friendly or open; "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
- warm
- make warm or warmer; "The blanket will warm you"
- warm, warm up
- get warm or warmer; "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
- chafe
- warm by rubbing, as with the hands
- cauterize, burn
- burn or sear (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
- sear, scorch
- make very hot; "searing heat"
- fuse
- make liquid or plastic by heating; "The storm fused the electric mains"
- fuse
- become plastic or fluid or liquefied from heat; "The substances fused at a very high temperature"
- melt, run, melt down
- reduce from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"
- liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
- make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating; "liquefy the silver"
- try, render
- melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"
- clarify
- clear by heating; of fats; "clarify the butter"
- clinker
- turn to clinker or form clinker under excessive heat in burning
- vitrify
- change into glass or a glass-like substance by applying heat
- broil, bake
- heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
- reheat
- heat again; "Please reheat the food from last night"
- bream
- clean a ship bottom with heat
- bake
- prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake"
- free burning, sustained
- (of an electric arc); "heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs
- diabatic
- (physics) involving a transfer of heat; "a diabatic process"
- calefacient, warming
- producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body; "a mustard plaster is calefacient"
- calorifacient
- producing heat; usually used of foods; "calorifacient chili peppers"
- calefactory, calefactive, heating
- serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory"
- calorific
- heat-generating; "the calorific properties of fuels"
- overheated
- heated beyond a safe or desirable point; "the child became overheated"; "overheated metal"
- heated, heated up, het, het up
- made warm or hot; "a heated swimming pool"; "wiped his heated-up face with a large bandana"; (`het' is a dialectal variant of `heated' as in "he was all het up and sweaty")
- burned
- injured by intense heat (as of fire or the sun); "his cracked, black burned lips"
- baked, burned, burnt
- hardened by subjecting to intense heat; "baked bricks"; "burned bricks"
- sunbaked
- baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned; "sunbaked adobe bricks"
- warmed
- having been warmed up; "a cup of warmed milk"
- warming
- imparting heat; "a warming fire"
- advective
- of or relating to advection
- thermoelectric, thermoelectrical
- involving or resulting from thermoelectricity
- igneous, pyrogenic
- produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata"
- thermally
- by means of heat or with respect to thermal properties
- adiabatic (opposite)
- (physics) occurring without loss or gain of heat; "adiabatic expansion"
- heatless (opposite)
- without generating heat; "luminescent organisms emit heatless light"
- unheated, unwarmed (opposite)
- not having been heated or warmed; "an unheated room"; "unwarmed rolls"
- nonthermal (opposite)
- not involving heat; "nonthermal luminescence"