in·ca·les·cent
(ĭn′kə-lĕs′ənt)adj. Growing hotter or more ardent.
[Latin
incalēscēns, incalēscent-, present participle of
incalēscere,
to grow warm :
in-,
intensive pref.; see
in-2 +
calēscere,
to grow warm, inchoative of
calēre,
to be warm; see
kelə- in
Indo-European roots.]
in′ca·les′cence n.
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| Noun | 1. | incalescence - the property of being warming |
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