2. countable noun. A thesis is a long piece of writing based on your own ideas and research that you do as part of a university degree, especially a higher degree such as a PhD. He was awarded his PhD for a thesis on industrial robots.
In July 1913, observers in Furnace Creek, CaliforniaâDeath Valleyâwatched the thermometer reach 56.7Â°C (134Â°F) and declared it to be the highest temperature ever recorded on Earth. But just nine years later, on September 13, 1922, a weather station in El Azizia, Libya, recorded a temperature of 58.0Â°C (136.4Â°F). According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), that remains the highest air temperature ever measured.
The highest temperature in Asia was recorded in Tirat Tzvi in Israel. On June 21, 1942, the high temperature reached 129.2Â°F (54.0Â°C). Tirat Tsvi is located in the Jordan Valley near the border with Jordan and south of the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias).