intumescence
Americannoun
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a swelling up, as with congestion.
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the state of being swollen.
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a swollen mass.
noun
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pathol a swelling up, as with blood or other fluid
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pathol a swollen organ or part
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chem the swelling of certain substances on heating, often accompanied by the escape of water vapour
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Etymology
Origin of intumescence
From French, dating back to 1650–60; see origin at intumesce, -ence
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In the reduction flame, upon charcoal, it is reduced to the metal with intumescence.
Stilbite is characterized by its form, difficult gelatinizing, and intumescence before the blowpipe; from natrolite as mentioned under that species.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various
The oxide is reduced with intumescence to the metallic state, and the bead becomes clear again.
Puff′iness, state of being puffy or turgid: intumescence; Puff′ing, the act of praising extravagantly.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
If intumescence takes place, the presence of either tartaric acid, molybdic acid, silicic, or tungstic acid, is indicated.
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