absence of heat
Example Sentences
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With a brisk breeze to enhance the effects of dryness and absence of heat, we enjoyed a no-sweat Saturday afternoon.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022
“While each of these fibers are best manipulated by the use of heat, in the absence of heat, water and hair product can be conducive to great change.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 2019
The absence of heat in his five-story home was something he never talked about to his small circle of friends and acquaintances — but it wasn’t a secret to all.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2018
Absolute zero, equivalent to -460 degrees F or -273 degrees C, represents a total absence of heat; it is the coldest temperature conceivable.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Ordinarily it is considered as simply the absence of heat; and yet I have always held it to be a definite negative quantity.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 by Bates, Harry