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Definition: Superheat
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.
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2. (Steam Engine) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with
water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
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3. To heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without
converting it into vapor.
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Superheat
\Su"per*heat`\, n.
The increase of temperature communicated to steam by
superheating it.
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