superheating

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of superheat

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The heating of a substance above a temperature at which a change of state normally occurs, without it occurring; especially the heating of a liquid above its boiling point.

   “Superheating, first introduced with the "Abs", stopped further development in compounding, in New Zealand as elsewhere, and the "Abs" succeeded in dealing with the growing traffic unaided for more than a decade.”