Etymology

recalescence

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Today it means: An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs. Full definition →

Latin recalescere
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  1. Latin · derived fromrecalescere“to grow warm again”
  2. English todayrecalescence

From Latin recalescere (“to grow warm again”), from re- + calēscere (“to grow warm”), inchoative of calēre (“to be warm”). In use since at least 1873 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). By surface analysis, re- + calescence, or, by surface analysis, recalesce + -ence.

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