Hot spot

Meaning

Noun

●

In Firefighting, Forestry & Fire:

A

which has a higher

or amount of

than

areas.

A part of a

which is

actively.

●

In Geology & Planetology:

A

which has a higher

or amount of

than

areas.

The

of a

of

that

from

in a

body's mantle.

●

In Nuclear physics & Radioactivity:

A

which has a higher

or amount of

than

areas.

An area of high

contamination.

●

In Optics:

A

which has a higher

or amount of

than

areas.

Synonym of

(“an

which

a

around the

of the viewer's

, when the

on which the

has

characteristics”)

●

A

which has a higher

or amount of

than

areas.

An

in

or other

by

itching

●

A place

for a high level of

or danger.

A

place of

political unrest.

A

and

place, such as a nightclub.

●

In Computing:

A place

for a high level of

or danger.

A part of an

that

a significant amount of

time.

●

In Computing & Graphical user interface:

A place

for a high level of

or danger.

A part of a control (“an

”) that

as a

a

over it (

, a part of an

that

a

which can be

on with a cursor).

●

In Computing, Internet & Networking:

A place

for a high level of

or danger.

A

in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available.

●

In Ecology:

A place

for a high level of

or danger.

Short for

biodiversity hotspot

(“a place with a significant level of

,

if the

and

are

with

of their habitat”).

●

In Genetics:

A place

for a high level of

or danger.

The

of a

in which there is a higher than

rate of mutation.

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