afterheatn.

1838 U.S. Mag. Oct. 153 A brief season of heat immediately preceding the rigors of winter is observed in..nearly all the northern countries of Europe and Asia, variously designated as ‘the latter’ or ‘second summer’, the ‘after-heat’, the ‘summer-close’.

1855 Encycl. Brit. IX. 776/2 The greater part of the former of these compounds is evaporated (by the after heat of the baking).

1887 Atlantic Mar. 313 A drowsy inland meadow stream—At set of sun the after-heat Made running gold.

1909 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1907–8 14 iv. 379 In a warm climate..the drawback of having the after-heat linger..must at a very early period have suggested the convenience of the portable hearth.

1939 Rotarian Sept. 23/2 This document, drafted though it was in the afterheat of war, will be classed by history as one of the great papers of all time.

2002 M. Collins Resurrectionists iv. 45 I was lying on my back with Honey curled against me, in the afterheat of what married couples are obliged to do from time to time.

2004 H. McGee Food & Cooking (rev. ed.) iii. 165/1 Large oven roasts should be allowed to rest on the countertop for at least a half hour before carving..to allow the ‘afterheat’ to finish cooking the center.

1955 Res. Reactors (Selected Ref. Material U.S. Atomic Energy Program, Amer. Soc. Mech. Engineers) iii. 244/2 After the reactor has been shut down for several hours, it is not necessary to circulate more than 200 to 300 gpm to keep the afterheat of the fuel elements from warming the reactor water appreciably.

1971 Atlantic Monthly June 36 The failures..occurred in the afterheat system of the Oak Ridge Research Reactor.

2008 L. R. Gresham in T. M. Letcher Future Energy xvii. 294 The total energy stored in the reactor medium would be small, and the afterheat in the blanket would also be much smaller than in a fission reactor.