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recalescence

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re⋅ca⋅les⋅cence

  [ree-kuh-les-uhns]
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–noun Metallurgy.
a brightening exhibited by cooling iron as latent heat of transformation is liberated.
Origin:
1870–75; recal(esce) to become hot again (< L recalēscere, equiv. to re- re- + cal(ēre) to be hot (cf. calorie ) + -ēsc- inchoative suffix + -ere inf. ending) + -escence

Related forms:
re⋅ca⋅les⋅cent, adjective
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re·ca·les·cence   (rē'kə-lěs'əns)   
n.  A sudden glowing in a cooling metal caused by liberation of the latent heat of transformation.

[From Latin recalēscēns, recalēscent-, present participle of recalēscere, to grow warm again : re-, re- + calēscere, to become warm, inchoative of calēre, to be warm; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]
re'ca·les'cent adj.
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