"undercool" meaning in English

See undercool in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undercool.wav Forms: undercools [present, singular, third-person], undercooling [participle, present], undercooled [participle, past], undercooled [past]
Etymology: From under- + cool. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|cool}} under- + cool Head templates: {{en-verb}} undercool (third-person singular simple present undercools, present participle undercooling, simple past and past participle undercooled)
  1. To cool insufficiently
    Sense id: en-undercool-en-verb-zsD9qMZY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (physics) To supercool
    Sense id: en-undercool-en-verb-UAXdbmI7 Categories (other): Physics Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Temperature Disambiguation of Temperature: 0 0

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