SUPERHEATING

Verb

superheating

present participle of superheat

Noun

superheating (countable and uncountable, plural superheatings)

The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially the heating of a liquid above its boiling point

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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