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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

in Literature:

• Heat (novel), a sports novel written by Mike Lupica
• Heat (magazine), a British magazine
• HEAT (magazine), an international Australian literary magazine
• Heat (manga), a manga written by Yoshiyuki Okamura

In film:

• Heat (2006 film), a Russian comedy film, directed Rezo Gigineishvili
• Heat (1995 film), a crime film by Michael Mann, starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer
  • Heat (video game), game based on the 1995 crime film Heat
  • Heat (soundtrack), score for the 1995 film Heat
• Heat (1986 film), a film starring Burt Reynolds
• Heat (1972 film), a 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
• H.E.A.T, a Swedish rock band

See also

• Hīt, Iraq (pronounced "Heat")

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