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CALEFACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does calefaction mean?
• CALEFACTION (noun)
The noun CALEFACTION has 1 sense:
1. the property of being warming
Familiarity information: CALEFACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being warming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
calefaction; incalescence
Hypernyms ("calefaction" is a kind of...):
heat; high temperature; hotness (the presence of heat)
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