superheat
/ˌsupərˈhit/
verb
- To heat a liquid or gas above its boiling point without it changing into a vapor.
- You can superheat water in a microwave if it is very pure and the container is smooth.
- Engineers superheat steam to increase the efficiency of power plants.
- The lab technician carefully superheated the liquid to study its properties.
- To heat something to an extremely high temperature.
- The furnace can superheat metal until it glows white.
- The sun's rays can superheat the sand in the desert during midday.
- They superheat the air in the kiln to fire the pottery.
Antonyms
noun
- The condition of being heated above the boiling point without vaporizing.
- Too much superheat can cause the liquid to suddenly explode into vapor.
- The engineer measured the superheat in the boiler to ensure safety.
- Superheat is carefully controlled in industrial steam systems.