Superheated

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superheated \Su"per*heat`ed\
     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.
     [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superheat \Su`per*heat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Superheated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Superheating}.]
     1. To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Steam Engine) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with
        water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without
        converting it into vapor.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]