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Webster 1913 Edition

Emollescence

Emˊol-les′cence

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Noun.
[L.
e
out +
mollescere
, incho. fr.
mollere
to be soft,
mollis
soft.]
That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emollescence

EMOLLES'CENCE

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Noun.
[L. emollescens, softening. See Emolliate.]
In metallurgy, that degree of softness in a fusible body which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

Definition 2024

emollescence

emollescence

English

Noun

emollescence ‎(uncountable)

  1. That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

Etymology

From Latin e ‎(“out”) + mollescere, inchoate from mollere ‎(“to be soft”), mollis ‎(“soft”).

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