Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recalescence

/ˌrikəˈlɛsəns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-cales-cence
IPA: /ˌrikəˈlɛsəns/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin recalescere (“to grow warm again”), from re- + calēscere (“to grow warm”), inchoative of calēre (“to be warm”). In use since at least 1873 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). By surface analysis, re- + calescence, or, by surface analysis, recalesce + -ence.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: recalescere

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌrikəˈlɛsəns/
British English: /ˌriːkəˈlɛsəns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

recalescences (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

calesce calorie calorific recalesce calescence decalescence

Synonyms

reglow

Rhymes With

essence obsolescence luminescence iridescence delicatessens excrescence calescence incalescence delitescence decalescence

Questions

How do you pronounce recalescence?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌrikəˈlɛsəns/.
What does recalescence mean?: An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.
Where does recalescence come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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