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Webster 1913 Edition
Calefaction
Calˊe-fac′tion
,Noun.
[L.
calefactio
: cf. F. caléfaction
.] 1.
The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.
2.
The state of being heated.
Webster 1828 Edition
Calefaction
CALEFACTION
,Noun.
1.
The act or operation of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by the communication of heat from other bodies.2.
The state of being heated.Definition 2024
calefaction
calefaction
See also: caléfaction
English
Noun
calefaction (plural calefactions)
Quotations
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, episode 17:
- What advantages were possessed by an occupied, as distinct from an unoccupied bed? The removal of nocturnal solitude, the superior quality of human (mature female) to inhuman (hotwaterjar) calefaction.
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Old French
Noun
calefaction f (oblique plural calefactions, nominative singular calefaction, nominative plural calefactions)
- calefaction (production of heat)