calefaction
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.
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[edit]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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