recalescence
recalescence
Definition
re·ca·les·cence (rē′kə les′əns)
noun
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
Etymology: < L recalescens, prp. of recalescere, to grow hot again < re-, again + calescere, to grow hot < calere, to be warm: see calorie
- recalibrate
re′·ca·les′·cent adjective
Browse dictionary entries near recalescence
- recalculate
- recalcitrate
- recalcitrant
- rec room (or hall)
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- rebutter
- rebuttal evidence
- rebuttal
- rebuttable presumption
- rebut
- recall
- recalled
- recant
- recap
- recapitalization
- recapitalize
- recapitulate
- recapitulation
- recapture
- recast
