"incalescent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnkəˈlɛsənt/ Forms: more incalescent [comparative], most incalescent [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsənt Etymology: From Latin incalescent-, stem of incalescens, present participle of incalescere, from in + calescere (“to grow warm”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-adj}} incalescent (comparative more incalescent, superlative most incalescent)
  1. Becoming warmer; heating up; calescent. Categories (topical): Thermodynamics Translations (Becoming warmer, heating up): wärmend (German), erwärmend (German), erhitzend (German)
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