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reheating

American  
[ree-hee-ting] / riˈhi tɪŋ /

noun

  1. heating again.

  2. Aeronautics. a process in certain turbojet engines in which gases are expanded by turbines after combustion, burned again in a second chamber, expanded again by additional turbines, and released through the exhaust nozzle.

Etymology

Origin of reheating

1720–30; re- + heating ( def. )

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