Meanings
verbsuperheat (third-person singular simple present superheats, present participle superheating, simple past and past participle superheated)
present singular third person superheats · participle present superheating · participle past superheated · past superheated
- To heat a liquid above its boiling point
- To heat a vapour above its saturation point
- To heat too much, to overheat.
to superheat an oven
nounsuperheat (uncountable)
- uncountableThe excess of temperature of a vapour above its temperature of saturation.
In addition to all this, the fluidity of the steam itself was much increased by high superheat, usually achieved by means of the Houlet superheater.
1944 November and December, Lord Monkswell, “The French Four-Cylinder Compound Engine”, in Railway Magazine, page 326
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Englishheat
- Englishsuperheat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with superheat
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APA
superheat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superheat
MLA
“superheat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superheat. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superheat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superheat.
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