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hot spot

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  1. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
  2. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas: A part of a forest fire which is burning actively.
  3. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas: The surface manifestation of a plume of molten material that rises from deep in a celestial body's mantle.
  4. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas: An area of high radioactive contamination.
  5. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas: Synonym of heiligenschein (“an optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics”).
  6. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas: An infected lesion in dogs or other furry mammals caused by excessive itching.
  7. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.
  8. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger: A dangerous place of violent political unrest.
  9. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger: A lively and entertaining place, such as a nightclub.
  10. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger: A part of an application that consumes a significant amount of execution time.
  11. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger: A part of a control (“an interactive interface element”) that responds dynamically as a user moves a pointer over it (for example, a part of an image map that contains a hyperlink which can be clicked on with a cursor).
  12. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger: A location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available.
  13. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger: Ellipsis of biodiversity hotspot (“a place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat”).
  14. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger: The region of a gene in which there is a higher than normal rate of mutation.

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