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hot spot
1[ hot-spot ]
noun
- a country or region where dangerous or difficult political situations exist or may erupt, especially where a war, revolution, or a belligerent attitude toward other countries exists or may develop:
In the 1960s, Vietnam became a hot spot.
- Informal. any area or place of known danger, intrigue, dissension, or instability.
- Informal. a nightclub.
- Photography. an area of a negative or print revealing excessive light on that part of the subject.
- a section of forest or woods where fires frequently occur.
- an area hotter than the surrounding surface, as on the shell of a furnace.
- Digital Technology. a place where users of portable computers or mobile devices can get wireless broadband access to the internet or another network:
how to find free Wi-Fi hot spots.
- Physics. an area of abnormally high radioactivity.
- Geology. a region of molten rock below and within the lithosphere that persists long enough to leave a record of uplift and volcanic activity at the earth's surface. Compare plume ( def 10 ).
- Genetics. a chromosome site or a section of DNA having a high frequency of mutation or recombination.
- Veterinary Pathology. a moist, raw sore on the skin of a dog or cat caused by constant licking of an irritation from an allergic reaction, tangled coat, fleas, etc.
hot-spot
2[ hot-spot ]
verb (used with object)
- to stop (a forest fire) at a hot spot.
hot spot
noun
- an area of potential violence or political unrest
- a lively nightclub or other place of entertainment
- an area of great activity of a specific type
the world's economic hot spots
- any local area of high temperature in a part of an engine, etc
- part of the inlet manifold of a paraffin engine that is heated by exhaust gases to vaporize the fuel
- computing a place where wireless internet, esp broadband, services are provided to users of portable computers through a wireless local area network, such as in an airport, railway station, or library
- med
- a small area on the surface of or within a body with an exceptionally high concentration of radioactivity or of some chemical or mineral considered harmful
- a similar area that generates an abnormal amount of heat, as revealed by thermography
- genetics a part of a chromosome that has a tendency for mutation or recombination
hot spot
- A volcanic area that forms as a tectonic plate moves over a point heated from deep within the Earth's mantle. The source of the heat is thought to be the decay of radioactive elements. The Hawaiian Islands formed as a series of hot spots.
- See more at tectonic boundary
hot spot
- A place deep within the Earth where hot magma rises to just underneath the surface, creating a bulge and volcanic activity ( see volcano ). The chain of Hawaiian Islands ( see Hawaii ) is thought to have been created by the movement of a tectonic plate over a hot spot.
Word History and Origins
Origin of hot spot1
Example Sentences
The fire was 36% contained by Monday morning as firefighters continued mopping up hot spots before winds could again pick up this week, authorities said.
She said it made the pier a "dolphin hot spot".
Growing up in Berkeley at the peak of the Beat era, Lesh spent time at bohemian hot spots such as the bookstore City Lights and the Co-Existence Bagel Shop.
There was one more immigration hot spot I wanted to check out: Jacumba Hot Springs, an hour and a half away in eastern San Diego County.
Prather’s work has identified a hot spot around Saturn Boulevard where more than half a dozen schools are located in a 1.5-mile radius around the river.
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