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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
supercool . - adjective physics
cooled below thetransition temperature without thetransition occurring
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Examples
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When ice forms in supercooled water, ice growth is rapid and the osmotic stresses that the cells face is severe.
Archive 2004-09-01 2004
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Glaze is, therefore, like a solid solution and is sometimes called a supercooled liquid.
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The culprit is liquid water in various forms, either freezing or "supercooled" - actually below the freezing point but still liquid.
AmericanHeritage.com 2009
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The culprit is liquid water in various forms, either freezing or "supercooled" - actually below the freezing point but still liquid.
AmericanHeritage.com 2009
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The culprit is liquid water in various forms, either freezing or "supercooled" - actually below the freezing point but still liquid.
AmericanHeritage.com 2009
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The culprit is liquid water in various forms, either freezing or "supercooled" - actually below the freezing point but still liquid.
AmericanHeritage.com 2009
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Glaze or glass is called a supercooled liquid because, during cooling, crystals have no time to form in the rather sticky mass, and glass by definition does not contain crystals.
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"As it continues towards the ground, it then briefly passes through colder air again, causing the water droplets to become 'supercooled' - colder than 0C but not still in liquid form."
BBC News - Home 2012
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Water can exist in liquid form well below this threshold, notably in a so-called "supercooled" state that is well into the minus zone.
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Icing happens when an aircraft comes into contact with a cloud containing droplets of water that are supercooled, meaning that they are below freezing point but still liquid.
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