Usually means: Areas with high levels of activity.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word hot spots:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. hot spots: Merriam-Webster
  2. hot spots: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hot spots: Vocabulary.com
  4. hot-spots: Wordnik
  5. hot spots: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. hot spots: Wiktionary
  7. hot spots: Dictionary.com
  8. Hot spots: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Hot Spots: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hot Spots: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hot spots: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. hot spots: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See hot_spot as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hot spot)

noun:  A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
noun:  (firefighting, forestry) A part of a forest fire which is burning actively.
noun:  (geology, planetology) The surface manifestation of a plume of molten material that rises from deep in a celestial body's mantle.
noun:  (nuclear physics) An area of high radioactive contamination.
noun:  (optics) Synonym of heiligenschein (“an optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics”)
noun:  An infected lesion in dogs or other furry mammals caused by excessive itching
noun:  (figuratively) A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.
noun:  A dangerous place of violent political unrest.
noun:  A lively and entertaining place, such as a nightclub.
noun:  (computing)
noun:  A part of an application that consumes a significant amount of execution time.
noun:  (graphical user interface) A part of a control (“an interactive interface element”) that responds dynamically as a user moves a pointer over it (for example, a part of an image map that contains a hyperlink which can be clicked on with a cursor).
noun:  (Internet, networking) A location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available.
noun:  (genetics) The region of a gene in which there is a higher than normal rate of mutation.
noun:  (ecology) Short for biodiversity hotspot (“a place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat”). [(ecology) A place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat.]
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