I always wondered about this one..
2007-05-25 04:58:27 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Actually, the word "cold" does have a noun associated with it that is analogous to the way "heat" is associated with "hot": the word is the Old English "ceald" (note that the vowel change between the two words is the same as that for "hot" and "heat"; are you really that surprised?), which, sadly, has fallen so much into disuse that most people today are unaware of its existence.
2007-05-25 08:09:41 · answer #1 · answered by Ærendgast 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Heat is a form of energy.
If something is cold, heat energy is absent.
There is no energy that creates cold, there are only methods of removing heat energy which then lead to a cooling effect.
2007-05-25 14:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by lh_ziro 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The absence of heat is cold.
2007-05-25 13:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by john 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The "absence" of heat. Just like the color "white" is the absence of all colors, and the color "black" is the total of all colors. Heat is the absence of cold, and cold is the absence of heat.
2007-05-25 17:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by sdcashman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool
2007-05-25 15:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like the first person said cold is the Absense of heat
2007-05-25 13:06:23 · answer #6 · answered by milo080606 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frigidity. Iciness.
2007-05-25 14:20:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freeze
like heater vs freeszer
2007-05-25 12:03:39 · answer #8 · answered by grey_worms 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Air-conditioning?! In the context of enclosed space temperature system control options, at least.
2007-05-25 12:17:16 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice
2007-05-25 12:20:10 · answer #10 · answered by Dezz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋