Superheated
adj, verb
adj, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of superheat form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 heated above the critical point
- 2 Heated above the boiling point
"The only through-draught came from the two Dorade ventilators in the heads compartment but by the time the air from them reached us on our bunks it felt superheated."
- 3 exceedingly intense or emotional figuratively
"These hyperliterary historical misshifts centered in the superheated technological and cultural engine of the US-centric English-speaking imperium."
Example
More examples"Steam is water changed to a gaseous form by the application of heat. It may be saturated, superheated, dry or wet."