also: the temperature at which a substance is red-hot
Examples of red heat in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThere’s also a small red heat indicator that turns white at high temperatures.—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023 Now suddenly the embers are showing a little red heat again.—Heather Landy, Quartz, 2 Oct. 2022 Sixteen out of 18 districts in Portugal are under top-tier red heat alerts; the two remaining are under a yellow or orange alert.—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 An infra-red heat lamp turns on at dusk and off at dawn.—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2019 An image of Herro wearing a red Heat jersey from his childhood went viral during ESPN’s telecast of the NBA draft on Thursday night after it was displayed following his selection by the Heat with the No.—David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 21 June 2019 The drawings are arranged under red heat lamps — the kind that are used to hatch chicken eggs — and the environment is not unlike a stomach, the artist pointed out.—Meredith Mendelsohn, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2018 See More
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