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heat stable

heat stable adjective: that does not break down at high temperatures.

Adjective

heat stable (comparative more heat stable, superlative most heat stable)

  1. That does not break down at high temperatures.
    • Heat stable proteins were equally good in progressive motility, but the control was better.1990, Muhammad Mahmood Hassan, The Effects of Heat Stable Proteins on Preservation of Bovine Spermatozoa, page 116
    • Both genes are expressed at normal (25C) soil temperature, but only the heat stable gene is expressed at high (30C) soil temperature.1991, Guillermo Bartolomé Cap, Inheritance and Phenotypic Expression of Heat Stable Resistance to Meloidodyne Spp. in Lycopersicon Peruvianum and Its Transfer to Edible Tomato, page 63

Forms of heat stable

comparativemore heat stable
superlativemost heat stable
alternative formheat-stable
alternative formheatstable

Questions about heat stable

What does heat stable mean?
Heat stable means that does not break down at high temperatures.
What part of speech is heat stable?
Heat stable is an adjective.

Words near heat stable in the dictionary

  1. heat shrinks
  2. heat sink
  3. heat sinks
  4. heat spreader
  5. heat spreaders
  6. heat stable
  7. heat storm
  8. heat stroke
  9. heat strokes
  10. heat through
  11. heat thunder

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