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 ever recorded in Africa was 131.0Â°F (55.0Â°C) at Kebili, Tunisia, which is north Africa, on the northern edge of the Sahara Desert. Highest Temperature in Asia The world's highest temperature ever recorded on the massive continent of Asia was on the far western edge of Asia, near the junction between Asia and Africa. 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).