recalesce

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recalesce (third-person singular simple present recalesces, present participle recalescing, simple past and past participle recalesced)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo recalescence.
    • 2005, S Seetharaman, Fundamentals of Metallurgy, →ISBN, page 417:
      At Stefan numbers greater than 1, the solidification process cannot recalesce the liquid to its equilibrium point and this is termed hypercooling.
    • 2015, C. E. Stromeyer, Marine Boiler Construction and Management, →ISBN, page 115:
      One of these has been called recalescence, to which attention was first drawn by Mr. Barrett, who showed that if a piece of hard steel is heated to redness and then allowed to cool slowly it will, when almost black (in a dark room), suddenly reglow or recalesce, and then get dark again.

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