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.
A high pressure dome over the Middle East brought what may be one of the most extreme heat indices ever recorded in the world on July 31st. According to media reports, in the city of Bandar Mahshahr, the air temperature of 46Â°C (115Â°F) combined with a dew point of 32Â°C (90Â°F) for a heat index on 74Â°C (165Â°F).