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Definition of: superheat
(s
′pər·hēt′) v.t.
1. To heat to excess; overheat.
2. To raise the temperature of (a vapor not in contact with its liquid) above the saturation point for a given pressure.
3. To heat (a liquid) above the boiling point for a given pressure, but without conversion into vapor.
—noun (s′pər·hēt′) The degree to which steam has been superheated, or the heat so imparted.
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