overheating

Thân thiện

The engine is overheating on a hot day.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Excessive heating: A condition where something becomes excessively or dangerously hot, often beyond its normal or safe operating temperature.

Usage

• Noun: Used to describe a state of being too hot, typically applied to mechanical systems, economies, or physical objects.
  • The engine failure was caused by overheating.
  • Economists warned about the risks of economic overheating.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The computer shut down automatically to prevent overheating.
  • A period of rapid growth led to overheating in the housing market.

Advanced Usage

• "Risk of overheating": The potential for a system to become excessively hot.
  • Continuous use increases the risk of overheating in electronic devices.

Variants and Related Words

• Overheat (verb): To make or become excessively hot.
  • The engine began to overheat during the long climb.

Synonyms

• Overheating (noun): Excessive heat, Overheating condition.
• Hyperthermia (noun): A medical condition of the body being too hot (specific to biology/medicine).

Different Meanings

• Economics: Refers to an economy growing at an unsustainable rate, leading to high inflation.
  • The central bank raised interest rates to cool down the overheating economy.
• Mechanics/Electronics: Refers to a component or system exceeding its safe thermal limits.
  • The mechanic fixed the car's cooling system to address the chronic overheating.

Idioms

• "Running hot": Operating at a high temperature, often nearing or causing overheating.
  • After the software update, my phone has been running hot.

Học thuật

Noun

1. excessive heating