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recalescence
 
SYLLABICATION:re·ca·les·cence
PRONUNCIATION:  rk-lsns
NOUN: A sudden glowing in a cooling metal caused by liberation of the latent heat of transformation.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin recalscns, 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 Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:reca·lescent —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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