Definition of Supercooling

1. Verb. (present participle of supercool) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Supercooling

1. supercool [v] - See also: supercool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Supercooling

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

Literary usage of Supercooling

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)
"Superheating and supercooling.—When a body of liquid is gradually heated from the outside it is frequently possible to raise its temperature considerably ..."

2. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"Superheating and supercooling.—When a body of liquid is gradually heated from the outside it is frequently possible to raise its temperature considerably ..."

3. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1915)
"Superheating and supercooling.—When a body of liquid is gradually heated from the ... The reverse of superheating, that is supercooling, is frequently ..."

4. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1900)
"Suppose first that the supercooling of the liquid is less than (#0 — flj). Then the heat produced by the solidification will raise the temperature of the ..."

5. A Text-book of Physics: Heat by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"supercooling. —If we begin again and, instead of stirring the water, we keep it as quiet as possible during the cooling, then, in general, the temperature ..."

6. A Textbook of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"... is constant in amount, and is termed the " latent heat " of water. supercooling.—If we begin again and, instead of stirring the water, ..."

7. College Physics by John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guthe (1911)
"supercooling. While a solid when heated always begins to melt as soon as the ... This phenomenon is called supercooling. The liquid is then in a state of ..."

8. College Physics by John Oren Reed, Karl Eugen Guthe (1911)
"supercooling. While a solid when heated always begins to melt as soon as the ... This phenomenon is called supercooling. The liquid is then in a state of ..."

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