calescencen.
/kəˈlɛsəns/ Increasing warmth or heat.
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incandescence1794
calescence1846
calorescence1863
incandescency1882
triboluminescence1889
thermoluminescence1897
tribothermoluminescence1930
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Boase).
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