Acronym of hybrid-orientation technology. (CMOS fabrication technology that uses PMOS and NMOS substrates with differing orientations)
"The engineer explained that their new chip utilizes hot CMOS to improve performance by employing PMOS and NMOS transistors with differing substrate orientations."
In plain English: A hot is someone who has an intense sexual attraction to another person, often used as slang for being very eager about sex.
"The hot is intense this afternoon, so everyone stays inside with fans running all day long."
To heat; to make or become hot.
"Please turn on the stove to hot up the water before making tea."
In plain English: To make something very hot by heating it up with fire or another heat source.
"The news report is hot on the trail of the missing suspect."
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
"hot stove"
"hot water"
"a hot August day"
"a hot stuffy room"
"she's hot and tired"
"a hot forehead"
extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm
"a hot temper"
"a hot topic"
"a hot new book"
"a hot love affair"
"a hot argument"
very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
"a hot sports car"
"a blistering pace"
"got off to a hot start"
"in hot pursuit"
"a red-hot line drive"
performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy
"a hot drummer"
"he's hot tonight"
very popular or successful
"one of the hot young talents"
"cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity
"hot fuel rods"
"a hot laboratory"
Acronym of high occupancy or toll.
"The soup is too hot to eat right away."
Having a high temperature.
In plain English: Hot means something that is very warm to the touch or feels intense and exciting.
"It is very hot today outside, so I am glad to be under an umbrella."
The word "hot" comes from Old English, where it originally meant "hot." Its roots trace back to Proto-Indo-European *keHy-, which also conveyed the meaning of heat.