recalescence

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UK/ˌriːkəˈlɛsəns/US/ˌrikəˈlɛsəns/

noun

An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.

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reglow
OriginLatin recalescere →
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Meanings

nounrecalescence (countable and uncountable, plural recalescences)

plural recalescences

  1. countableuncountableAn increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.

    Synonyms: reglow

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.

Similar
reglow

Origin

  1. Latinrecalescere“to grow warm again”
  2. Englishrecalescence

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with recalescence

essenceobsolescenceluminescenceiridescencecalescencedecalescencedelitescenceexcrescenceincalescencerequiescence
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Cite this entry
APA

recalescence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalescence

MLA

“recalescence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalescence. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recalescence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalescence.

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