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superheat

Physics
Definition of superheat

verb

[with object]
  • heat (a liquid) under pressure above its boiling point without vaporization.
  • heat (a vapour) above its temperature of saturation: (as adjective superheated)superheated steam
  • heat to a very high temperature: we superheat the car’s brakes

noun

[mass noun]
  • the excess of temperature of a vapour above its temperature of saturation.

Derivatives

superheater

noun

superheat in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of superheat in the US English dictionary