calefaction
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See also: caléfaction
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin calefactiō, calefactiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
calefaction (countable and uncountable, plural calefactions)
Quotations[edit]
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 17]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- What advantages were possessed by an occupied, as distinct from an unoccupied bed? The removal of nocturnal solitude, the superior quality of human (mature female) to inhuman (hotwaterjar) calefaction.
References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin calefactiō, calefactiōnem.
Noun[edit]
calefaction oblique singular, f (oblique plural calefactions, nominative singular calefaction, nominative plural calefactions)
- calefaction (production of heat)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- French: caléfaction
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