Definition of intumescence Intumescence
in•tu•mes•cence
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What does intumescence mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: intumescences |
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| intumescence - swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) | ||
| intumescency | ||
| puffiness, swelling, lump an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement | ||
| intumescence - the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) | ||
| intumescency, swelling | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- intumescence (n.)
The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. - intumescence (n.)
Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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intumescence
in-tū-mes′ens, n. the action of swelling: a swelling: a tumid state.—v.i. Intumesce′, to swell up. [Fr.,—L. in, in, tumēre, to swell.]
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🔤- intumescence, noun, singular of intumescences.
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