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incalescence Now rare or Obs.|ɪnkəˈlɛsəns| [f. L. incalēsc-ĕre: see incalescent and -ence.] The action or process of becoming hot or warm; rise of temperature; heating.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. v. xxi. 270 Making no more thereof, then Seneca commendeth..that is, a sober incalescence and regulated æstuation from wine. 1669Boyle Contn. New Exp. i. (1682) 154 The Incalescence of solid bodies struck or rubbed against one another. 1749G. Lavington Enthus. Method. & Papists (1754) I. ii. 58 No sooner do the Inebriation and Incalescence go off, but a Sinking of the Spirits, a Coldness and Dullness take Place. 1761Descr. S. Carolina 16 The greatest Incalescences of the Air, which..I have known take place in Twenty-four or Thirty Hours, were, 19 Degrees in the Spring, 24 in the Summer. |