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Leidenfrost effect

Leidenfrost effect noun: the phenomenon whereby a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapour layer which keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.

Noun

Leidenfrost effect (plural Leidenfrost effects)

  1. The phenomenon whereby a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapour layer which keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.

Forms of Leidenfrost effect

pluralLeidenfrost effects

Origin of Leidenfrost effect

After Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost.

Questions about Leidenfrost effect

What does Leidenfrost effect mean?
Leidenfrost effect means the phenomenon whereby a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapour layer which keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.
What part of speech is Leidenfrost effect?
Leidenfrost effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Leidenfrost effect?
The plural of Leidenfrost effect is Leidenfrost effects.

Words near Leidenfrost effect in the dictionary

  1. Leidels
  2. Leiden
  3. Leiden jar
  4. Leiden jars
  5. Leidener
  6. Leidenfrost effect
  7. Leidenfrost effects
  8. Leidenite
  9. Leidenites
  10. Leider
  11. Leiderdorp

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