recalesce

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌriːkəˈlɛs/
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/ˌriːkəˈlɛs/ · /ˌrikəˈlɛs/

Definition of recalesce

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To undergo recalescence.
    “At Stefan numbers greater than 1, the solidification process cannot recalesce the liquid to its equilibrium point and this is termed hypercooling.”
    “One of these has been called recalescence, to which attention was first drawn by Mr. Barrett, who showed that if a piece of hard steel is heated to redness and then allowed to cool slowly it will, when almost black (in a dark room), suddenly reglow or recalesce, and then get dark again.”

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Etymology

By surface analysis, re- + calesce.

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