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Webster 1913 Edition

Calorescence

Calˊo-res′cence

,

Noun.

[L.

calor

heat.]

(Physics)

The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.

Tyndall.

Definition 2024

calorescence

calorescence

English

Noun

calorescence ‎(uncountable)

(dated, physics) The absorption of infrared radiation and subsequent emission of visible light