superheat
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The amount a vapor's temperature is above its boiling point at the current pressure
- noun
- /ˈsuːpərhiːt/
- Specialized
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sobrecalentamiento
- Understanding superheat is essential for HVAC professionals to optimize cooling performance in air conditioning systems.
Examples
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Hitting a sharp temperature inversion, she lost her superheat and had to tilt her turbofans for the vertical thrust to ride over it.
Fiction book (2000) -
In a steam engine, superheat is crucial because it allows the steam to maintain pressure above its boiling point.
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The technician measured the superheat of the refrigerant to ensure the system was operating efficiently.
Surface Forms
superheat singular
superheats plural
Morphology
Etymology
Superheat comes from the prefix super- 'above' and the simple word heat. So a superheat is the extra heat a gas or steam has 'above' its boiling point.