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Definition of Overcooled
1. overcool [v] - See also: overcool
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcooled
Literary usage of Overcooled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1912)
"An overcooled liquid therefore is not per se in an unstable state ; this is ...
The properties of an overcooled liquid are simply a continuation of those in ..."
2. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1910)
"This rise is due to the fact that previous to freezing, a fluid is always more
or less overcooled and the thermometer temporarily registers a temperature ..."
3. The Isomorphism and Thermal Properties of the Feldspars by Arthur Louis Day, Eugene Thomas Allen, Joseph Paxson Iddings, George Ferdinand Becker (1905)
"This appears to be connected with the fact that they may be readily overcooled,
and that when in this state they are highly viscous, so that a rapid ..."
4. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1895)
"The solidification of an overcooled liquid on contact with a crysta ii the same
... Ai overcooled liquid therefore is not per se in an unstable state ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"... and discussed the bearing on them of the phenomena when the solidification of
overcooled tissues began. WILLIAM TRELEASE, Recording Secretary. ..."
6. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1848)
"... pattern of temperance aud frugality, he so much overcooled his natural heat
that he thereby, as it were, invited death to take seizure of his weak body ..."
7. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"Be careful not to get this pump'too large, or the engine will be overcooled.
Arrange to run some of the overflow water into the exhaust pipe, a foot or more ..."
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