Definition of "overheating"

overheating

verb
1. present participle and gerund of overheat
noun
countable and uncountable, plural overheatings
1. A situation where something is overheated.
  Quotations
  Even if no weakening effects were noticed after one or two overheatings, the cumulative heat effects would cause embrittlement and failure after subsequent overheatings.
  1964, Metal Mining & Processing, volume 1, page 32
2. (economics) The situation where the productive capacity of an economy is unable to keep pace with growing aggregate demand, generally characterised by a below-average rate of economic growth, where growth is occurring at an unsustainable rate.