noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of warming or heating. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the property of being warming wordnet
3. 3
   The state or condition of being heated. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

cookingdielectric heatingelectric heatingelectronic heatingfurnace heatinggas heating

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calefactiō, calefactiōnem.

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