hot spot
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- Informal an area of actual or potential trouble or violence
- Informal
- a lively, popular place for entertainment or socializing
- any place regarded as a center for a specified activity or interest
- an area of especially intense heat or radiation
- Comput. a building, business, or locality where wireless access to the Internet is provided or is available
See hot spot in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also hot·spot (hŏtˈspŏtˌ)
noun- An area in which there is dangerous unrest or hostile action: “opportunities . . . for United Nations forces to play a constructive role in some of the world's hot spots” (Paul Lewis).
- Informal A lively and popular place, such as a nightclub.
- An area of intense heat, radiation, or activity.
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