superheating
superheating is the present participle and gerund of superheat.
Meaning of superheat
Verb
superheat (third-person singular simple present superheats, present participle superheating, simple past and past participle superheated)
- To heat a liquid above its boiling point
- To heat a vapour above its saturation point
- To heat too much, to overheat.
- to superheat an oven
Noun
superheating (countable and uncountable, plural superheatings)
- The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially the heating of a liquid above its boiling point.
- Superheating, first introduced with the "Abs", stopped further development in compounding, in New Zealand as elsewhere, and the "Abs" succeeded in dealing with the growing traffic unaided for more than a decade.1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 561
Forms of superheating
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Questions about superheating
- What does superheating mean?
- Superheating means the heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially the heating of a liquid above its boiling point.
- What is superheating the present participle and gerund of?
- Superheating is the present participle and gerund of superheat.
- What part of speech is superheating?
- Superheating is a noun.
- What is the plural of superheating?
- The plural of superheating is superheatings.
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