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 world's <i>highest recorded air temperature</i> is officially recognized by the World Meteorological Organization as 134Ã¢Â°F (57.6Ã¢Â°C) recorded at Death Valley, California, USA on 10 July 1913. <br /> <br /> Note that this is in <i>recorded</i> history.