SUPERHEATED

Verb

superheated

simple past tense and past participle of superheat

Adjective

superheated (comparative more superheated, superlative most superheated)

(physics) heated above the critical point

heated above the boiling point

(figuratively) exceedingly intense or emotional

Anagrams

• desuperheat

Source: Wiktionary


SUPERHEAT

Su`per*heat", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Superheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Superheating.]

1. To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.

2. (Steam Engine)

Definition: To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.

Su"per*heat`, n.

Definition: The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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