white heatn.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪt ˈhiːt/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪt ˈhit/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., heat n.

Etymology: < white adj. + heat n., after white-hot adj. Compare earlier red heat n.

1. The state or condition of being white-hot; an instance of this. Also: a degree of heat sufficient to make something white-hot; the temperature at which something is white-hot (for steel, typically about 1300°C). Cf. black heat n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a), red heat n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > specific degree of heat

red heatc1540

fury fire1644

adustness1652

white heat1664

blood heat1678

welding heat1710

black heat1800

welding1842

boiling-heat1846

red-hot1865

melting heat1868

1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours i. ii. 6 The slender Steel..must be held over a bason of water, till it descend from a White heat to a Red one.

1727 S. Hales Veg. Staticks vi. 279 Then holding over those drops a piece of Iron which had a white heat given it.

1799 R. Kirwan Additional Obs. Real Acid iv. 115 He simply heated it to redness, whereas a strong white heat is requisite to expel fixed air from chalk.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 357 If a bar of iron or steel, at a white heat, be rubbed with a roll of sulphur, the two bodies combine,..forming sulphuret of iron.

1921 A. Z. Synder & M. V. Synder Paris Days & London Nights iv. 57 I saw women tending reheating ovens, where metal at white heat was swung to the massive hammers.

2009 S. Newcomb World in Crucible x. 141/1 Dull red, glowing red, and white heat were recognized as a thermal sequence.

2. figurative. Something likened in intensity to white heat; esp. a state of intense or extreme emotion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun]

heatc825

earnestOE

fervour1340

ardourc1386

fever heata1398

burning1398

lowea1425

fervencec1430

ferventnessc1430

flame1548

ardency1549

fervency1554

fire1579

calenture1596

inflammation1600

warmth1600

brimstonea1616

incandescence1656

fervidness1692

candency1723

glow1748

white heat1814

hwyl1899

1814 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 23 Dec. The white heat of the fiery ordeal has subsided; and we find ourselves breathing again.

1839 S. Smith Ballot in Wks. III. 7 There are politicians always at a white heat.

1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 148 Carlyle..is one of the natures, rare in these latter centuries, capable of rising to a white heat.

1883 W. H. Bishop House of Merchant Prince xix. 292 There was a vixenish quality in her anger when at white heat.

1909 Central Law Jrnl. 68 229/2 A large section of the American press is working itself into a white-heat of opposition.

1969 Life 26 Sept. 66 Beneath that slightly misleading twinkly quality, love burns with a white heat.

1998 Chicago Tribune 24 Feb. ii. 2/4 Their playing had a white-heat intensity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white heat
释义	white heatn. Brit. /ˌwʌɪt ˈhiːt/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪt ˈhit/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., heat n. Etymology: < white adj. + heat n., after white-hot adj. Compare earlier red heat n. 1. The state or condition of being white-hot; an instance of this. Also: a degree of heat sufficient to make something white-hot; the temperature at which something is white-hot (for steel, typically about 1300°C). Cf. black heat n. at black adj. and n. Compounds 1e(a), red heat n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > specific degree of heat red heatc1540 fury fire1644 adustness1652 white heat1664 blood heat1678 welding heat1710 black heat1800 welding1842 boiling-heat1846 red-hot1865 melting heat1868 1664 R. Boyle Exper. & Considerations Colours i. ii. 6 The slender Steel..must be held over a bason of water, till it descend from a White heat to a Red one. 1727 S. Hales Veg. Staticks vi. 279 Then holding over those drops a piece of Iron which had a white heat given it. 1799 R. Kirwan Additional Obs. Real Acid iv. 115 He simply heated it to redness, whereas a strong white heat is requisite to expel fixed air from chalk. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 357 If a bar of iron or steel, at a white heat, be rubbed with a roll of sulphur, the two bodies combine,..forming sulphuret of iron. 1921 A. Z. Synder & M. V. Synder Paris Days & London Nights iv. 57 I saw women tending reheating ovens, where metal at white heat was swung to the massive hammers. 2009 S. Newcomb World in Crucible x. 141/1 Dull red, glowing red, and white heat were recognized as a thermal sequence. 2. figurative. Something likened in intensity to white heat; esp. a state of intense or extreme emotion. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] heatc825 earnestOE fervour1340 ardourc1386 fever heata1398 burning1398 lowea1425 fervencec1430 ferventnessc1430 flame1548 ardency1549 fervency1554 fire1579 calenture1596 inflammation1600 warmth1600 brimstonea1616 incandescence1656 fervidness1692 candency1723 glow1748 white heat1814 hwyl1899 1814 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 23 Dec. The white heat of the fiery ordeal has subsided; and we find ourselves breathing again. 1839 S. Smith Ballot in Wks. III. 7 There are politicians always at a white heat. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 148 Carlyle..is one of the natures, rare in these latter centuries, capable of rising to a white heat. 1883 W. H. Bishop House of Merchant Prince xix. 292 There was a vixenish quality in her anger when at white heat. 1909 Central Law Jrnl. 68 229/2 A large section of the American press is working itself into a white-heat of opposition. 1969 Life 26 Sept. 66 Beneath that slightly misleading twinkly quality, love burns with a white heat. 1998 Chicago Tribune 24 Feb. ii. 2/4 Their playing had a white-heat intensity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1664
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