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superheat


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Superheat  \Su`per*heat"\,  v.  t. 
  To  heat  a  liquid  above  its  boiling  point  without  converting 
  it  into  vapor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Superheat  \Su`per*heat"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Superheated};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Superheating}.] 
  1.  To  heat  too  much  to  overheat;  as  to  superheat  an  oven. 
 
  2.  (Steam  Engine)  To  heat,  as  steam,  apart  from  contact  with 
  water,  until  it  resembles  a  perfect  gas. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Superheat  \Su"per*heat`\,  n. 
  The  increase  of  temperature  communicated  to  steam  by 
  superheating  it