2. Adjective. (physics) cooled below the transition temperature without the transition occurring ¹
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Definition of Supercooled
1. supercool [v] - See also: supercool
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supercooled
Literary usage of Supercooled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"supercooled Liquids and Amorphous Solids.1—The growth of crystal nuclei in a ...
A supercooled liquid can usually be caused to crystallize by adding some of ..."
2. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"supercooled Liquids and Amorphous Solids.1—The growth of crystal nuclei in a ...
A supercooled liquid can usually be caused to crystallize by adding some of ..."
3. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"supercooled Liquids and Amorphous Solids.1 — The growth of crystal nuclei in ...
A supercooled liquid can usually be caused to crystallize by adding some of ..."
4. Ice Formation: With Special Reference to Anchor-ice and Frazil by Howard Turner Barnes (1906)
"Vapor-pressure of Ice and supercooled Water. Electric Properties. Density of
Ice.—The earliest determination of the density of ice was made by Robert Boyle ..."
5. Chemistry in the Service of Man by Alexander Findlay (1916)
"below 32° F. without any ice being formed, and liquids which are in this way
cooled to below the normal freezing- point, are said to be supercooled. ..."