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leidenfrost effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables
lei-den-frost -ef-fect
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The phenomenon whereby a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapour layer which keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.

Etymology

After Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost.

Inflected Forms

Leidenfrost effects (plural)

Questions

What does leidenfrost effect mean?
The phenomenon whereby a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapour layer which keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly.
Where does leidenfrost effect come from?
After Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost.

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