Definition of Supercool

1. Verb. (physics) To cool a material below its transition temperature without that transition occurring ¹

2. Adjective. (informal) Very cool; thoroughly excellent, relaxed, or fashionable. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Supercool

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supercool

supercontigs
supercontinent
supercontinental
supercontinents
supercontinua
supercontinuum
supercontrolled
superconvenient
superconvergence
superconvergences
superconvergent
supercook
supercookie
supercookies
supercooks
supercool (current term)
supercooled
supercooling
supercools
supercop
supercops
supercorporation
supercorporations
supercosmic
supercosmically
supercow
supercows
supercozy
supercrescence
supercrescences

Literary usage of Supercool

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Structure and Properties of the More Common Materials of Construction by George Burr Upton (1915)
"If we supercool the 7 iron with the relations in Fig. 125, we will obtain a iron if the supercooling is slight, and ft if the supercooling is greater. ..."

2. The Structure and Properties of the More Common Materials of Construction by George Burr Upton (1915)
"If we supercool the 7 iron with the relations in Fig. 125, we will obtain a iron if the supercooling is slight, and ft if the supercooling is greater. ..."

3. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1908)
"The transition point, however, differs in so far from a point of fusion, that while it is possible to supercool a liquid, no definite case is known where ..."

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