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ca•les•cent
(kə les′ənt),USA pronunciation adj.
ca•les′cence, n.
- Thermodynamicsgrowing warm;
increasing in heat.
- Latin calēscent- (stem of calēscēns becoming warm, present participle of calēscere), equivalent. to cal- (stem of calēre to be warm) + -ēscent- -escent
- 1795–1805
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