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View synonyms for calefaction
calefaction
[ kal-uh-fak-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of heating.
- a heated state.
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Other Words From
- cale·factive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calefaction1
1540–50; < Latin calefactiōn- (stem of calefactiō ) a making warm, equivalent to cale- warm (stem of calēre to be warm) + factiōn- a making; faction 1
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Example Sentences
For, though fire by heating, both liquefies and rarefies, there are not two powers in fire, one of liquefaction, the other of rarefaction: and fire produces all such actions by its own power of calefaction.
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They have their cold days, but only now and then, and they do not deem it worth their while to provide against them: the science of calefaction is reserved for the north.
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When the ingenious musician withdrew the bull's horn from his mouth, and paused after his labours in a state of extreme calefaction, murmurs of applause ran all round the room.
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