hotspot
hotspot Lexical Profile
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• noun
A physical location where people can obtain Internet access, typically using Wi-Fi technology, via a wireless local area network, or a mobile device sharing its cellular connection.
"Since the hotel's network was down, she used her phone as a mobile hotspot to join the video conference."
A place of significant activity, popularity, danger, or conflict, such as a popular entertainment venue or a region experiencing a spike in disease or political unrest.
"The coastal town has become a major culinary hotspot for travelers seeking fresh seafood."
A volcanic region thought to be fed by underlying mantle that is anomalously hot compared with the surrounding mantle, or a Biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation.
"The Hawaiian Islands were formed as the Pacific tectonic plate moved slowly over a stationary geological hotspot."