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supercooling

supercooling is the present participle and gerund of supercool.

Meaning of supercool

Verb

supercool (third-person singular simple present supercools, present participle supercooling, simple past and past participle supercooled)

  1. To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring.
    Synonyms:
    undercool

See all 3 meanings of supercool

Noun

supercooling (countable and uncountable, plural supercoolings)

  1. The process by which a material is supercooled.

Forms of supercooling

pluralsupercoolings

Questions about supercooling

What does supercooling mean?
Supercooling means the process by which a material is supercooled.
What is supercooling the present participle and gerund of?
Supercooling is the present participle and gerund of supercool.
What part of speech is supercooling?
Supercooling is a noun.
What is the plural of supercooling?
The plural of supercooling is supercoolings.

Words near supercooling in the dictionary

  1. supercookie
  2. supercookies
  3. supercooks
  4. supercool
  5. supercooled
  6. supercooling
  7. supercoolings
  8. supercools
  9. supercoordinate
  10. supercoordinates
  11. supercop

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supercooling (page history and authors); supercool (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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