intumescence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intumescence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for intumescence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intumescence n swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) Synonym(s): intumescence, intumescency the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water) Synonym(s): intumescence, intumescency, swelling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intumescence \In`tumes"cence\, n. [Cf. F. intumescence.] 1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up of bodies under the action of heat. The intumescence* of nations. --Johnson. 2. Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.