0 present participle of preheat --
1 to heat an oven to a particular temperature before putting food in it: --
Preheating the wires up to the moment of the application of the current pulse was observed to alter the behavior of wire explosions in both the high- and low-current regimes.
To reduce preheating, indirect-drive targets were fabricated with an exterior shell of brominated polystyrene.
At first the released profiles of mass density and temperature in the unloading material were calculated with preheating of the target taken into account.
Preheating study by reflectivity measurements in laser driven shocks.
Simulation of preheating effects in shock wave experiments.
Without preheating the jet would reach much higher velocity, as the jet is not stopped by the surrounding plasma.
This may result in no visible reduction of preheating effects when laser intensity is decreased.
Preheating study of reflectivity measurement in laser driven shocks.