heat wave
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heat wave
- /ˈhit weɪv/ US
noun heat waves · heatwave
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A period of exceptionally hot weather.
We're havin a heat wave / A tropical heat wave / The temperatures rising, it isn't surprising / She certainly can, can can! / She started a heat wave / By letting her seat wave, / in such a way that the customers say / that she certainly can, can-can!
Opposite: cold spell, cold wave
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Three consecutive days with daytime high temperature of 90 degrees Fahrenheit or higher.
Opposite: cold spell, cold wave
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A period of at least three consecutive days with daily high temperatures of the respective county's temperature threshold or higher.
Opposite: cold spell, cold wave
- An electromagnetic wave in the infrared spectrum.
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noun period of very hot weather
| Español | ola de calor, vaharada calórica, vaharada térmica, vaharada calorífica |
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| 한국어 | 열파 yeolpa |
| 日本語 | 熱波 neppa, 酷暑 kokusho |
| 中文 | 熱浪 /热浪 rèlàng |
| Kiswahili | wimbijoto |
| Português | onda de calor |
| Français | vague de chaleur, canicule |
| Deutsch | Hitzewelle |
| Italiano | ondata di caldo |
| Ελληνικά | καύσωνας káfsonas |
| Română | val de căldură, caniculă |
| Русский | жара́ žará, зной znoj, пери́од си́льной жары́ períod sílʹnoj žarý |
| Tiếng Việt | sóng nhiệt |
| العربية | مَوْجَة اَلْحَرّ mawjat al-ḥarr |
| עברית | גל חום gal khóm, חמסין, שרב |
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