su|per|heat

su|per|heat
su|per|heat «verb. SOO puhr HEET; noun. SOO puhr HEET», verb, noun.
–v.t.
1. to heat to a very high temperature; heat too hot; heat hotter than usual: »

It's hard to manage vapor that's been superheated…to five or more times the boiling point of water (Wall Street Journal).

2. to heat (a liquid) above its normal boiling point without causing vaporization: »

The tracks of particles reveal themselves as lines of bubbles in superheated liquid (New Scientist).

3. to heat (steam) apart from water until it contains no suspended water droplets. The steam then resembles and will remain a dry or perfect gas at the specified pressure.
–n.
1. the excess heat which a vapor acquires when it is superheated from a dry and saturated condition.
2. the temperature range through which the vapor passes.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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