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🔥 To heat above boiling 🌡️ Extra heat above boiling
to superheat

to superheat

9 7.7
To heat a liquid above its boiling point without it boiling
  • verb
  • /ˈsuːpərˌhiːt/
  • Specialized
: sobrecalentar
  • The GE H machines are unique in that the first turbine stage is steam-cooled, thereby superheating some steam for the Rankine cycle, adding to the overall cycle efficiency.

And yet by decreasing their metabolism, they could superheat their bodies.

Examples

  • The water is superheating making the surrounding air highly unstable.

    Super Cyclone (2012)

  • In order to make the candy, you must superheat the sugar solution until it reaches the desired temperature.

  • So tell me, what happens when you superheat rubber?

    Fantastic Four (2005)

  • And if you superheat the excess, I can see you reaching...

    Seabiscuit (2003)

  • And yet by decreasing their metabolism, they could superheat their bodies.

    Tom Bilyeu

  • He wasn't trying to destroy the box... he was trying to superheat it.

    Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

  • If the fire continues to climb, it will superheat the air around the helipad, making liftoff impossible.

    Skyscraper (2018)

  • They're using the solar power to superheat and vaporize the toxins.

    Sahara (2005)

  • Superheats the air.

    Poseidon (2006)

  • Thermal injuries (slag) may cause a sensorineural loss by superheating the perilymph.

    Academic text (2006)

Antonyms

to cool
225 1.0

To make or become less warm

How Hot

to superheat
  • Specialized
9 7.7
to boil
255 1.0
to heat
225 1.0
to warm
459 1.0

Surface Forms

superheat infinitive
superheated past
superheated past participle
superheating present participle
superheats third person singular

Morphology

superheat = heat (transparent) = super + heat

The productive prefix 'super-' combined with the verb 'heat' gives a predictable meaning 'to heat beyond a usual point (e.g., boiling)'.

Etymology

Superheat comes from the prefix super- 'above' plus heat, so to superheat something is to make it hotter 'above' its normal boiling point, often without it actually bubbling.