superheat Meaning, Definition & Usage

Su`per*heat" transitive verb

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Superheated; present participle & verbal noun Superheating

Definitions

1. To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.
2. (Steam Engine) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.

Su"per*heat` noun

Definitions

1. The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it. superheated. heated to a temperature above the boiling point at the ambient pressure; -- said of liquids. In such an unstable condition, a small disturbance of the liquid can cause a rapid and sometimes violent ebullition of vapor.