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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
calefaction
    n 1: the property of being warming [syn: calefaction,
         incalescence]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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