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DECALESCENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does decalescent mean?
• DECALESCENT (adjective)
The adjective DECALESCENT has 1 sense:
1. absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point
Familiarity information: DECALESCENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point
Context example:
the decalescent point of steel
Similar:
endothermal; endothermic; heat-absorbing ((of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat)
Derivation:
decalescence (phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal)
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