CALESCENT


Meaning of CALESCENT in English

— calescence , n.

/keuh les"euhnt/ , adj.

growing warm; increasing in heat.

[ 1795-1805; calescent- (s. of calescens becoming warm, prp. of calescere ), equiv. to cal- (s. of calere to be warm) + -escent- -ESCENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .