Recalescence is a sudden, temporary glow of metal caused by the heat released while the metal cools from liquid form as it turns back into solid.
An example of recalescence is one of the stages that melted iron or steel goes through when it is turning into solid form.
recalescence
a sudden and temporary increase in glow and temperature of hot iron or steel when it reaches one or more particular temperatures in the cooling process
Origin of recalescence
from Classical Latin recalescens, present participle of recalescere, to grow hot again from re-, again + calescere, to grow hot from calere, to be warm: see calorierecalescence
noun
A sudden glowing in a cooling metal caused by liberation of the latent heat of transformation.
Origin of recalescence
From Latin recalēscēns recalēscent- present participle of recalēscere to grow warm again re- re- calēscere to become warm inchoative of calēre to be warm ; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- re′ca·les′cent
adjective
recalescence
Noun
(plural recalescences)
- an increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs
Origin
From Latin recalescere ("to grow warm again"), from re- + calescere ("to grow warm"), inchoative of calēre ("to be warm"). In use since at least 1873 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985).
