de·ca·les·cence (d  k -l s ns)n. A sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase in a metal being heated, caused by endothermic structural changes and resulting in a darkening of the metal. [From de- + Latin cal scere, to become warm, inchoative of calre, to be warm; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]de ca·lescent adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | decalescent - absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point; "the decalescent point of steel" endothermal, endothermic, heat-absorbing - (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat |
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