calefaction

See also: caléfaction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calefactiō, calefactiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkælɪˈfækʃən/

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Noun

calefaction (countable and uncountable, plural calefactions)

1. The act of warming or heating.
2. The state or condition of being heated.

Quotations

• 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

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calefactiō, calefactiōnem.

Noun

calefaction oblique singular, f (oblique plural calefactions, nominative singular calefaction, nominative plural calefactions)

1. calefaction (production of heat)

Related terms

• chaufer
• chalor
• chaloir / chaleir
• eschalfer

Descendants

• French: caléfaction