Found 2 hits - Term: superheated, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
superheated \su"perheat`ed\
heated to a temperature above the boiling point at the
ambient pressure; -- said of liquids. in such an unstable
condition, a small disturbance of the liquid can cause a
rapid and sometimes violent ebullition of vapor.
pjc
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
superheat \su`perheat"\, v. t. imp. p. p. superheated; p.
pr. vb. n. superheating.
1. to heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.
1913 webster
2. steam engine to heat, as steam, apart from contact with
water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
1913 webster
3. to heat a liquid above its boiling point without
converting it into vapor.
webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
superheated superheating
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