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superheat en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English heat English superheat From super- + heat.

Meanings

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

superheat en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English heat English superheat From super- + heat.

Meanings

  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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
superheats Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
superheated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
superheated Tense=Past lexicographic
superheating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

resuperheat · desuperheat · superheatable · superheater