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overheatings

overheatings is the plural of overheating.

Meaning of overheating

Noun

overheating (countable and uncountable, plural overheatings)

  1. A situation where something is overheated.
    • Even if no weakening effects were noticed after one or two overheatings, the cumulative heat effects would cause embrittlement and failure after subsequent overheatings.1964, Metal Mining & Processing, volume 1, page 32
  2. The situation where the productive capacity of an economy is unable to keep pace with growing aggregate demand, generally characterised by a below-average rate of economic growth, where growth is occurring at an unsustainable rate.

Questions about overheatings

What is overheatings the plural of?
Overheatings is the plural of overheating.

Words near overheatings in the dictionary

  1. overheatedly
  2. overheatedness
  3. overheater
  4. overheaters
  5. overheating
  6. overheatings
  7. overheats
  8. overheave
  9. overheaves
  10. overheavily
  11. overheaviness

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