Meanings
nounsuperheater (plural superheaters)
plural superheaters
- A component of a boiler system that heats the steam above its saturation temperature to prevent it condensing, and in the case of a steam engine to improve its efficiency.
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. […] When the engine is working hard, the temperature of the steam is usually raised by the superheater to about 750° F.
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
- Englishsuperheater
Translations
Finnish tulistin
- tulistincomponent of boiler system
Norwegian Bokmål overheter
- overhetercomponent of boiler system
Polish przegrzewacz
- przegrzewaczcomponent of boiler system
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APA
superheater. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superheater
MLA
“superheater.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superheater. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superheater,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superheater.
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