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postheat

postheat verb: to heat after some other process.

Verb

postheat (third-person singular simple present postheats, present participle postheating, simple past and past participle postheated)

  1. (transitive) To heat after some other process.

Noun

postheat (uncountable)

  1. The act of heating after another process.
    • The ratio of preheat to postheat is often important and can produce significant differences in speed and economy of coating and in the end result. The authors show the relationship between these variables for a vinyl coating powder on objects of varying mass.1964, Plastics Technical Evaluation Center (U.S.), Arthur H. Landrock, Fluidized-bed Coating with Plastics: Technology and Potential Military Applications (page 118)

Forms of postheat

third-person singular presentpostheats
present participlepostheating
past participlepostheated
pastpostheated

Origin of postheat

From post- + heat.

Questions about postheat

What does postheat mean?
Postheat means to heat after some other process.
What part of speech is postheat?
Postheat can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of postheat?
The past tense of postheat is postheated.

Words near postheat in the dictionary

  1. posthatching
  2. posthatchling
  3. posthatchlings
  4. posthe-
  5. posthearing
  6. postheat
  7. postheated
  8. postheating
  9. postheats
  10. posthectomies
  11. posthectomise

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