Meaning of CALEFACTION
| Pronunciation: | | `kalu'fakshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] the property of being warming |
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| | Synonyms: | | incalescence |
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| | See Also: | | heat, high temperature, hotness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cal`e*fac"tion\, n. [L. calefactio: cf. F.
cal['e]faction.]
1. The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a
body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat
from other bodies.
2. The state of being heated.
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| | Related Terms: | | cooking, dielectric heating, electric heating, electronic heating, furnace heating, gas heating, heat exchange, heating, hot-air heating, increase of temperature, induction heating, insolation, oil heating, panel heating, radiant heating, recalescence, steam heating, superheating, tepefaction, torrefaction, warming |
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