to cool or be cooled without freezing or crystallization to a temperature below that at which freezing or crystallization should occur. Supercooled liquids are not in equilibrium
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su•per•cool
(so̅o̅′pər ko̅o̅l′),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
adj.
- Physicsto cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization;
undercool.
v.i.
- Physicsto become supercooled.
adj.
- very cool in temperature, esp. of the maximum coolness possible: used as a setting on air conditioners.
- Slang Termsvery cool;
very sophisticated, up-to-date, unemotional, etc.
- super- + cool 1905–10
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