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superheat.

To heat a liquid above its boiling point

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To heat a liquid above its boiling point

  2. To heat a vapour above its saturation point

  3. To heat too much, to overheat.

    to superheat an oven
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English heat English superheat From super- + heat.

noun
  1. The excess of temperature of a vapour above its temperature of saturation.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English heat English superheat From super- + heat.

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