recalescence

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin recalescere (to grow warm again), from re- +‎ calēscere (to grow warm), inchoative of calēre (to be warm). In use since at least 1873 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). By surface analysis, re- +‎ calescence.

Noun

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recalescence (countable and uncountable, plural recalescences)

  1. An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs.
    Synonym: reglow