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Definition of "supercool" []

  • To cool (a liquid) below a transition temperature without the transition occurring, especially to cool below the freezing point without solidification. (verb-transitive)
  • To become supercooled. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "supercool" in a sentence
  • "They accumulate glycerol in their tissues and, although they are usually susceptible to freezing, are able to "supercool" whereby the body fluids remain liquid at temperatures well below the freezing point [6]."
  • "Either that, or they made Johnson into some kind of supercool Cyborg Senator."
  • "What's more, vegetables in the Brassica family - as well as leaf vegetables in other families, such as spinach - are genetically predisposed to "supercool," which means that the liquids within them stay in a liquid state even when temperatures are below freezing."
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