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PREHEAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preheat mean?
• PREHEAT (verb)
The verb PREHEAT has 1 sense:
1. heat beforehand
Familiarity information: PREHEAT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it preheats Past simple: preheated
Past participle: preheated
-ing form: preheating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heat beforehand
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Preheat the oven!
Hypernyms (to "preheat" is one way to...):
heat; heat up (make hot or hotter)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
Wang and the team found that the batteries preheated to 60 degrees Celsius could sustain the extremely fast charging process for 1,700 cycles, while the control cell could only keep pace for 60 cycles.
(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In order to shorten heat time and heat the entire battery at a uniform temperature, Wang and colleagues outfitted a lithium ion battery design with a self-heating nickel structure that preheats in less than thirty seconds.
(Modern Battery Design Can Charge Electric Car in 10 Minutes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
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