intumescence - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'intumescence' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Intumescence

[ n.]

- 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.
- Anything swollen or enlarged, as a tumor.

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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