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incalescent

[in-kuh-les-uhnt]

adjective

increasing in heat or ardor.

Origin:
1670–80; < Latin incalēscent- (stem of incalēscēns) present participle of incalēscere to become warm, glow. See in-², calescent

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in·ca·les·cence, noun

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incalescent (ˌɪnkəˈlɛs^ənt)

—*adj*
	chem increasing in temperature

[C17: from Latin incalescere, from in-² + calescere to grow warm, from calēre to be warm]

inca'lescence

—n

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