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CALEFACTION

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cal⋅e⋅fac⋅tion

  [kal-uh-fak-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of heating.
2. a heated state.
Origin:
1540–50; < L calefactiōn- (s. of calefactiō) a making warm, equiv. to cale- warm (s. of calēre to be warm) + factiōn- a making; see faction

Related forms:
cal⋅e⋅fac⋅tive, adjective
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