Superheat

v. t.	1.	To heat too much, to overheat; as, to superheat an oven. [imp. & p. p. Superheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Superheating.]
	2.	(Steam Engine) To heat, as steam, apart from contact with water, until it resembles a perfect gas.
	3.	To heat (a liquid) above its boiling point without converting it into vapor.
n.	1.	The increase of temperature communicated to steam by superheating it.

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