'Calefaction' definitions:
Definition of 'calefaction'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property of being warming [syn: calefaction, incalescence]
Definition of 'Calefaction'
From: GCIDE
- Calefaction \Cal`e*fac"tion\, n. [L. calefactio: cf. F. cal['e]faction.]
- 1. The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being heated. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'calefaction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cooking,
- dielectric heating,
- electric heating,
- electronic heating,
- furnace heating,
- gas heating,
- heat exchange,
- heating,
- hot-air heating,
- increase of temperature,
- induction heating,
- insolation,
- oil heating,
- panel heating,
- radiant heating,
- recalescence,
- steam heating,
- superheating,
- tepefaction,
- torrefaction,
- warming