radiant heat
noun
: heat transmitted by radiation as contrasted with that transmitted by conduction or convection
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World & Nation Entire town of Milford, Texas, evacuated after fiery pipeline explosion
Nov. 14, 2013
The fire was burning so hot that all firefighters could do was use ladder trucks to hose down nearby houses that began smoking in the radiant heat.
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Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
The second is a thermometer inside a black ball, which captures the heat our bodies absorb from direct sunlight (radiant heat).
—Joseph G. Allen, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Park ranger Mathew Lamar told the Associated Press the thermometer there draws radiant heat from being near a building and can run five degrees warmer than actual desert temperatures.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
In New York City, temperatures reached the low 90s — not a record, but plenty hot enough to cause misery, especially with humidity and the radiant heat from concrete and asphalt.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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Juan A. Lozano and Sean Murphy, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
The second is a thermometer inside a black ball, which captures the heat our bodies absorb from direct sunlight (radiant heat).
—Joseph G. Allen, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
Park ranger Mathew Lamar told the Associated Press the thermometer there draws radiant heat from being near a building and can run five degrees warmer than actual desert temperatures.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 8 July 2024
In New York City, temperatures reached the low 90s — not a record, but plenty hot enough to cause misery, especially with humidity and the radiant heat from concrete and asphalt.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 June 2024
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“Radiant heat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radiant%20heat. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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