单词 | superheating |
释义 | superheatingn. The action or process of heating something to a relatively or unusually high temperature; spec. the production of superheated steam, water, etc. (cf. superheated adj. 1). Also occasionally: an instance of this. Cf. superheat v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > to excess overheating1609 fire-fanging1682 superheating1828 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > above temperature of a phase transition superheating1828 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > [noun] > full capacity > above saturation > process producing superheating1828 1828 Repertory Patent Inventions 5 314 A corresponding quantity of intensely heated water is driven..into the lower steam tubes, or superheating tubes, where it instantly expands into steam. 1850 Mechanics' Mag. 12 Oct. 289/1 The experiment was designed to ascertain the density of steam, but chiefly to determine what effect a superheating of it would produce. 1868 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 2 102/2 All modern pathologists are agreed that the superheating of the blood, which precedes and accompanies sun-stroke, has a depressing..effect on the nervous centres. 1897 Daily News 16 Sept. 2/2 Other cold water is conveyed into a spiral coil and superheating chamber above the light. 1907 J. Barrell Geol. Marysville Mining District v. 158 A zone of indefinite fluidity of a dike would vary directly with the superheating of the magma and the depth from the surface. 1960 F. G. Mann & B. C. Saunders Pract. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) i. 28 During distillation under reduced pressure..a specially designed flask, known as a Claisen flask, is used to decrease the risk of superheating. 1993 J. C. Purdy God with Human Face vii. 62 The superheating of the earth through the so-called greenhouse effect. 2011 Mod. Power Syst. (Nexis) 28 Feb. 29 With maximum superheating the steam is fed to a common steam turbine at 350–360 deg C. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
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