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• Superheat — Su per*heat , 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• superheat — [so͞o΄pər hēt′; ] for n. [, so͞o′pər hēt΄] vt. 1. OVERHEAT 2. to heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without vaporizing it 3. to heat (steam not in contact with water) beyond its saturation point, so that a drop in temperature will not cause… …   English World dictionary

• Superheat — Su per*heat , n. The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• heat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. high temperature (see heat); passion, rage, vehemence; rut, mating period. See sex, excitement. Ant., cold. II Quality of warmth Nouns 1. heat, caloric; warmth, ardor, fervor, fervency; incalescence …   English dictionary for students

• superheat — Synonyms and related words: animal heat, blood heat, body heat, burning, calidity, caloric, chafe, coal heat, convected heat, cook, electric heat, electric heat, fever, fever heat, fire, fire up, foment, gas heat, gas heat, heat, heatedness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• heat — Synonyms and related words: John Law, Le Mans, a transient madness, abandon, activate, agitate, agitation, air race, anger, angriness, animate, annoy, ardency, ardor, arousal, arouse, automobile race, awake, awaken, bake, barbecue, baste, bicycle …   Moby Thesaurus

• heat — n 1. hotness, calefaction, warmth, warmness, caloric, caloricity; torridity, torridness, fieriness, red heat; incandescence, white heat; tepidity, tepidness, lukewarmness, lukewarmth. 2. fever, temperature, Inf. temp, Pathol. pyrexia, febricity,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• superheat — su•per•heat n. [[t]ˈsu pərˌhit[/t]] v. [[t]ˌsu pərˈhit[/t]] n. 1) the state of being superheated 2) the amount of superheating 3) phs to heat to an extreme degree or to a very high temperature 4) phs to heat (a liquid) above its boiling point… …   From formal English to slang

• superheat — superheater, n. n. /sooh peuhr heet /; v. /sooh peuhr heet /, n. 1. the state of being superheated. 2. the amount of superheating. v.t. 3. to heat to an extreme degree or to a very high temperature. 4. to heat (a liquid) above its boiling point… …   Universalium

• superheat — I. transitive verb Date: 1859 1. to heat (a vapor not in contact with its own liquid) so as to cause to remain free from suspended liquid droplets < superheated steam > 2. to heat (a liquid) above the boiling point without converting into vapor • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• superheat — /ˈsupəhit/ (say soohpuhheet) noun 1. the state of being superheated. 2. the amount of superheating. –verb (t) 3. to heat to an extreme degree or to a very high temperature. 4. to heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without the formation of… …