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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)

  1. The act of warming or heating.
  2. The state or condition of being heated.

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)

  1. calefaction (production of heat)