overheating

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of overheat

plural overheatings

1. countableuncountableA situation where something is overheated.

   Even if no weakening effects were noticed after one or two overheatings, the cumulative heat effects would cause embrittlement and failure after subsequent overheatings.

   1964, Metal Mining & Processing, volume 1, page 32

2. countableuncountableeconomicsThe situation where the productive capacity of an economy is unable to keep pace with growing aggregate demand, generally characterised by a below-average rate of economic growth, where growth is occurring at an unsustainable rate.