I mean like mugs full of hot water and stuff like that.
I undestand they don’t actually get any hotter than they already are, so why does it feel like that?
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Because more energy has transferred to you, more energy = more hot.
If I recall correctly from chemistry class: heat is a byproduct of energy transfer. And yeah, the longer you make contact with a hot surface, the more time that energy has to transfer to seek equilibrium with it’s surroundings.
On the opposite end of the spectrum here, you can also cold soak an object. Pilots have gotten in to trouble flying in to rain, after being at a below freezing altitude for a while, even if ambient temperatures in the rainstorm are above freezing by a surprising margin. Their cold soaked aircraft makes contact with the rain, which then freezes to the airframe and ruins the shape of the airfoil which normally produces lift, but now the shape doesn’t produce lift AND the aircraft gathers weight really quickly as it collects ice.
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