Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intumescence"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intumescence \In`tu*mes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.]
1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the
state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially,
the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat.
The intumescence of nations. --Johnson.
2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intumescence
n 1: swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)
[syn: {intumescency}]
2: the swelling of certain substances when they are heated
(often accompanied by release of water) [syn: {intumescency},
{swelling}]
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