I have a HOT flash for you. HEAT is Radiation, by definition.
And I have a COLD HOSE for you.
Wrong. HEAT, by definition, is the kinetic energy of a molecule. RADIATION is a method by which heat is transferred without contact or immersion in a fluid (example: the sun heats the earth via radiation). Other methods of transferral of heat are CONVECTION (fluid movement) and CONDUCTION (surfaces in contact). In fact, the heat added to your lap by your laptop is NOT radiation, by definition; it is conduction.
*zap!*
~Brian, your friendly law-of-thermodynamics enforcement officer
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