heat stable

English

Alternative forms

• heat-stable, heatstable

Adjective

heat stable (comparative more heat stable, superlative most heat stable)

1. That does not break down at high temperatures.
   • 1990, Muhammad Mahmood Hassan, The Effects of Heat Stable Proteins on Preservation of Bovine Spermatozoa, page 116:

     Heat stable proteins were equally good in progressive motility, but the control was better.

   • 1991, Guillermo Bartolomé Cap, Inheritance and Phenotypic Expression of Heat Stable Resistance to Meloidodyne Spp. in Lycopersicon Peruvianum and Its Transfer to Edible Tomato, page 63:

     Both genes are expressed at normal (25C) soil temperature, but only the heat stable gene is expressed at high (30C) soil temperature.

   • 1996, G.A.F. Hendry, ‎J.D. Houghton, Natural Food Colorants, page 68:

     Being heat stable, the colour is retained during the cooking process.