HOT SPOT


Meaning of HOT SPOT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.