Function: noun
Date: 1929
1 : a place of more than usual interest, activity, or popularity <birding hot spots >
2 : a place in the upper mantle of the earth at which hot magma from the lower mantle upwells to melt through the crust usually in the interior of a tectonic plate to form a volcanic feature also : a place in the crust overlying a hot spot
3 : an area of political, military, or civil unrest usually considered dangerous <global hot spots >