body heat

English

Noun

body heat (uncountable)

1. Heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment.
   • 1981 December 12, Melissa Wills, “Moving Metal”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 10:

     The huge open gymnasium was cold. Only after the [weightlifting] competition was in progress did the air warm up from body heat.

Related terms

• body temperature

Translations

heat produced from within the body

• Dutch: lichaamswarmte (nl) f
• Finnish: ruumiinlämpö (fi)
• Polish: ciepłota (pl) f