calescent
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- calescence noun
Etymology
Origin of calescent
First recorded in 1795–1805; from Latin calēscent- (stem of calēscēns “becoming warm,” present participle of calēscere ), equivalent to cal- (stem of calēre “to be warm”) + -ēscent- adjective suffix indicating the beginning of a process or action; see -escent
Example Sentences
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And: “Scottsdale’s dry climate contradicts the clammy calescent of New Guinean condensation.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2018
Tisdale favors transitional words like quiescent, nascent, and calescent to make sentences quiver with dreamlike mutability; they are always changing and becoming.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2016
Chefs — like Aaron Silverman behind the calescent Rose’s Luxury — are opening places where they live.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2014
It should be brought up slowly to just above its calescent or hardening temperature.
From The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel by Colvin, Fred H. (Fred Herbert)
This calescent mode of proceeding was adopted with the idea of exciting a counter-irritation in the diseased part.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
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