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decalesce (third-person singular simple present decalesces, present participle decalescing, simple past and past participle decalesced)

  1. To undergo decalescence.
    • 1917, Alfred Seguine Kinsey, Engineering shop practice, page 34:
      This indicates the temperature at which the evolution occurs in the chemical composition of the steel, and is called the "Decalescent Point", that is, the place where the steel seems to decalesce or lose some of its heat.