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
Example Sentences
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The silicates of lime are moreover frequently characterized by intumescence or ebullition, when heated in the forceps in the blowpipe flame.
The oxide is reduced with intumescence to the metallic state, and the bead becomes clear again.
Here, an intumescence which was to become a mountain, there, an abyss which was to be filled with an ocean or a sea.
From The Underground City, or, the Child of the Cavern by Jules Verne
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
Notice whether the substance fuses with the bead, and if so, whether there is intumescence or not.
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