decalescent

Variant of decalescence

noun

a sudden decrease in the rate of temperature rise of heated metal after a certain temperature has been reached (795°C for iron) due to greater absorption of heat

Origin: < L decalescens, prp. of decalescere, to become warm: see de- & calescent

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