superfuse

American

[soo-per-fyooz] / ˌsu pərˈfjuz /

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.

superfused, superfusing

to pour.

superfuse British

/ ˌsuːpəˈfjuːz /

verb

obsolete to pour or be poured so as to cover something

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Other Word Forms

superfusion

noun

Etymology

Origin of superfuse

1650–60; < Latin superfūsus, past participle of superfundere to pour over, equivalent to super- super- + -fūsus, equivalent to fud- (base of fundere to pour) + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s

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superfused

But his method does not represent the true variation of the latent heat with temperature, since the freezing, in the case of a superfused liquid, really takes place at the normal freezing point.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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