recalescence

English

Etymology

From Latin recalescere (“to grow warm again”), from re- +‎ calēscere (“to grow warm”), inchoative of calēre (“to be warm”). In use since at least 1873 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). By surface analysis, re- +‎ calescence.

Noun

recalescence (countable and uncountable, plural recalescences)

  1. An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.
    Synonym: reglow
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