2. Noun. The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially to heat a liquid above its boiling point ¹
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Definition of Superheating
1. superheat [v] - See also: superheat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superheating
Literary usage of Superheating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by James Alfred Ewing (1910)
"superheating. superheating the steam before its admission reduces the amount of
... That superheating has a marked advantage in this respect was first ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"superheating and Supercooling.—When a body of liquid is gradually heated from the
... superheating and hence bumping can be prevented or greatly reduced by ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"superheating and Supercooling.—When a body of liquid is gradually heated from the
... superheating and hence bumping can be prevented or greatly reduced by ..."
4. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1915)
"superheating and Supercooling.—When a body of liquid is gradually heated from the
... superheating and hence bumping.can be prevented or greatly reduced by ..."
5. A Manual of the Steam Engine: For Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced by Robert Henry Thurston (1900)
"The Influence of Economical Expedients recognized as useful in other forms of
engine, as superheating, jacketing, and increasing speed of engine, ..."
6. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederic Remsen Hutton (1908)
"for superheating, and the temperature of the gases on leaving the heating surface
... superheating has been considerably applied in the locomotive where the ..."
7. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1908)
"BOILER PLANT AUXILIARIES for superheating, and the temperature of the gases on
... superheating has been considerably applied in the locomotive where ^the ..."
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