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intumescence

[ in-too-mes-uhns, -tyoo- ]

noun

  1. a swelling up, as with congestion.
  2. the state of being swollen.
  3. a swollen mass.


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Other Words From

  • intu·mescent adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intumescence1

From French, dating back to 1650–60; intumesce, -ence
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Example Sentences

Here, an intumescence which was to become a mountain, there, an abyss which was to be filled with an ocean or a sea.

Puff′iness, state of being puffy or turgid: intumescence; Puff′ing, the act of praising extravagantly.

Diameter of its mouth one-fifth as long as the whole shell and two-thirds as long as the diameter of the equatorial intumescence.

Notice whether the substance fuses with the bead, and if so, whether there is intumescence or not.

In the reduction flame, upon charcoal, it is reduced to the metal with intumescence.

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