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decalescent

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de⋅ca⋅les⋅cence

  [dee-kuh-les-uhns]
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–noun Metallurgy.
absorption of heat without a corresponding increase in temperature when a metal has been heated to a critical point.
Origin:
1890–95; < L dēcalēsc(ent-) (s. of dēcalēscēns) becoming warm (see de-, calescent ) + -ence

Related forms:
de⋅ca⋅les⋅cent, adjective
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de·ca·les·cence   (dē'kə-lěs'əns)   
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 calēscere, to become warm, inchoative of calēre, to be warm; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
de'ca·les'cent adj.
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