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.
Posted: 09/13/2012 2:57 pm EDT Updated: 09/14/2012 11:41 am EDT. Alamy. UPDATE 11:39am, 9/14: The World Meteorological Organization has officially recognized Death Valley as the world's hottest place on earth, one day after the anniversary of world's hottest temperature was recorded in El Azizia, Libya, the AP reports.PREVIOUSLY :osted: 09/13/2012 2:57 pm EDT Updated: 09/14/2012 11:41 am EDT. Alamy. UPDATE 11:39am, 9/14: The World Meteorological Organization has officially recognized Death Valley as the world's hottest place on earth, one day after the anniversary of world's hottest temperature was recorded in El Azizia, Libya, the AP reports.