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Calefaction   Listen
noun
Calefaction  n.  
1.
The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.
2.
The state of being heated.





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... Calefaction. — N. increase of temperature; heating &c. v.; calefaction[obs3], tepefaction[obs3], torrefaction[obs3]; melting, fusion; liquefaction &c. 335; burning &c. v.; ambustion[obs3], combustion; incension|, accension[obs3]; concremation[obs3], ...
— Roget's Thesaurus • Peter Mark Roget


Words linked to "Calefaction" :   heat, incalescence


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