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intumescence
[ in-too-mes-uhns, -tyoo- ]
noun
- a swelling up, as with congestion.
- the state of being swollen.
- a swollen mass.
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Other Words From
- intu·mescent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intumescence1
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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.
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Puff′iness, state of being puffy or turgid: intumescence; Puff′ing, the act of praising extravagantly.
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Diameter of its mouth one-fifth as long as the whole shell and two-thirds as long as the diameter of the equatorial intumescence.
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Notice whether the substance fuses with the bead, and if so, whether there is intumescence or not.
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In the reduction flame, upon charcoal, it is reduced to the metal with intumescence.
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