overheating

o·ver·heat

O0184000 (ō′vər-hēt′)v. o·ver·heat·ed, o·ver·heat·ing, o·ver·heats v.tr.1. To heat too much.2. To cause to become excited, agitated, or overstimulated.v.intr. To become too hot or very excited.

overheating

(ˌəʊvəˈhiːtɪŋ) n (Economics) economics the process of tending (an economy) towards inflation, often as a result of excessive growth in demand

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Noun

overheating - excessive heating heating, warming - the process of becoming warmer; a rising temperaturemeltdown, nuclear meltdown - severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

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surriscaldamento

The engine is overheating → 发动机过热了

Overheating

(metallurgy), a defect that results from heating metals and alloys to high temperatures; the defect is most pronounced when the heating time is extremely long. Steel overheats between 1000° and 1300°C.

After cooling, an overheated metal’s crystal structure is coarse-grained, with distinct, linear boundaries between the components; furthermore, the metal’s resilience is reduced. Overheating can occur during furnace treatments and around seams that have been electrically welded.

In many cases, overheating may be eliminated by a second heating, usually to a temperature 20°-30°C above the recrystallization temperature. This procedure serves to reduce grain size. With alloys of nonferrous metals and with austenitic and ferritic steels, all of which are usually not subjected to recrystallization, overheating cannot be eliminated by repeated thermal treatment; thus, the overheated samples must be rejected as scrap.

The tendency of steels toward overheating depends on their chemical composition and is significantly reduced by adding small amounts of vanadium, titanium, aluminum, or boron.

V. M. TYMCHAK

Overheating

An economy that is growing very quickly, with the risk of high inflation.

Overheating

Describing an economy that is growing too fast or otherwise unsustainably. Overheating economies tend to crash, experience high inflation, or both. The inflation occurs when the economy's producers are unable to meet demand by expanding production because it is rising too fast. To temper demand, the producers raise prices. Central banks tend to increase interest rates to temper or prevent overheating in domestic economies.

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