superheat

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ heat.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

superheat (third-person singular simple present superheats, present participle superheating, simple past and past participle superheated)

1. To heat a liquid above its boiling point
2. To heat a vapour above its saturation point
3. To heat too much, to overheat.

   to superheat an oven

Derived terms

• superheatable

Noun

superheat (uncountable)

1. The excess of temperature of a vapour above its temperature of saturation.
   • 1944 November and December, Lord Monkswell, “The French Four-Cylinder Compound Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 326:

     In addition to all this, the fluidity of the steam itself was much increased by high superheat, usually achieved by means of the Houlet superheater.

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