superheatern.
/ˈsuːpəˌhiːtə/, /ˈsjuːpəˌhiːtə/, U.S. /ˈsupərˌhidər/ An apparatus for superheating steam.
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1855 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 241 Being moved by the thermostat, it shall direct more or less of the steam through the super-heater.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 824/1 Engines of large cylinder capacity to admit of great expansion, with surface-condensers and superheaters to the boilers.
1949 A. C. Walshaw Heat Engines (ed. 3) ix. 190 The achieving and maintaining of the highest practicable temperature..below that at which furnace materials and superheater tubes begin to deteriorate.
1997 V. Chandra Love & Longing in Bombay (1998) 229 The total heating area, including the superheater, is more than four thousand square feet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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