HyperDic: decalescent

English > 1 sense of the word decalescent:
ADJECTIVEalldecalescentabsorbing heat / heat without increase / increase / increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point
English > decalescent: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningabsorbing heat / heat without increase / increase / increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point.
Example"the decalescent point of steel"
Broaderendothermic, endothermal, heat-absorbing(of a chemical ... / chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed with absorption of heat / heat
Nounsdecalescencephenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase / increase / increase

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