Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superheat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-heat
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To heat a liquid above its boiling point

verb

To heat a vapour above its saturation point

verb

To heat too much, to overheat.

noun

The excess of temperature of a vapour above its temperature of saturation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"to superheat an oven"
"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English heat English superheat From super- + heat.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

superheats (present, singular) superheating (participle, present) superheated (participle, past) superheated (past)

Derived Forms

desuperheat resuperheat superheatable superheater

Rhymes With

street meet eat complete beat feet sweet heat seat treat meat re-treat

Questions

What does superheat mean?: To heat a liquid above its boiling point
Where does superheat come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English heat English superheat From super- + heat.

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