re·ca·les·cence (r  k -l s ns)n. A sudden glowing in a cooling metal caused by liberation of the latent heat of transformation. [From Latin recal scns, recalscent-, present participle of recalscere, to grow warm again : re-, re- + calscere, to become warm, inchoative of calre, to be warm; see kel-1 in Indo-European roots.]re ca·lescent adj. |
recalescence [ˌriːkəˈlɛsəns]
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) a sudden spontaneous increase in the temperature of cooling iron resulting from an exothermic change in crystal structure occurring at a particular temperature
[from Latin recalēscere to grow warm again, from re- + calēscere, from calēre to be hot]
recalescent adj
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