See Also: supercooled(dictionary)

supercooled (iou)



supercooled ppl adjective. L19.
[from SUPER- 3 + cooled pa. pple of COOL verb.]
Liquid though below the freezing point. Also, apparently solid, but formed from a liquid without a definite change of phase and having (on the atomic scale) the disorder characteristic of a liquid.
J. C. Rich Glass is..a supercooled liquid, because the material has no definite melting point.