postheat

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verb

To heat after some other process.

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Meanings

verbpostheat (third-person singular simple present postheats, present participle postheating, simple past and past participle postheated)

present singular third person postheats · participle present postheating · participle past postheated · past postheated

  1. transitiveTo heat after some other process.
nounpostheat (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe act of heating after another process.

    The ratio of preheat to postheat is often important and can produce significant differences in speed and economy of coating and in the end result. The authors show the relationship between these variables for a vinyl coating powder on objects of varying mass.

    1964, Plastics Technical Evaluation Center (U.S.), Arthur H. Landrock, Fluidized-bed Coating with Plastics: Technology and Potential Military Applications (page 118)

Origin

From post- + heat.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

heatspot
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APA

postheat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postheat

MLA

“postheat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postheat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postheat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postheat.

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